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ID number: BIRBI-B4232 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constans II; Constantine IV; Herakleios son of Constans II; Tiberios son of Constans II; Rome Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Byzantine Date made: 659-668 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.7 Weight (g): 3.41 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1743. R.M. Cunningham, February 1951. |

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Description: Obverse: To the l., bust of Constans II facing, with moustache and long beard, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown. To the r., bust of Constantine IV facing, unbearded, wearing chlamys with fibula, and cross-topped crown. A cross between their heads. Reverse: XX; cross above. To the l. and r., busts of Herakleios and Tiberios facing, unbearded, each wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: None. Mint mark: ROM.
Bibliography: MIB III 220
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