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ID number: BIRBI-B4229 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constans II; Rome Denomination: Tremissis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Byzantine Date made: 659-668 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.45 Weight (g): 1.46 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1031. Sotheby, 11th July 1961. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing r., bearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and diadem. Reverse: Cross potent. A monogram in the r. of the field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: TINVC CONTΛ (Garbled Inscription). Reverse: VICTORIA ACVISTIS (Garbled Inscription). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB III 123
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