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ID number: BIRBI-B4238 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constans II; Ravenna Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Ravenna Culture: Byzantine Date made: 644-645 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.2 Weight (g): 3.99 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3177. By exchange with G.C. Haines, July 1957; from Spink, 1943. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, with short beard, wearing chlamys with fibula, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: M; cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂ N CONSτAN τI … (Our lord Constantine). Reverse: ANNO IIII (Year 4). Mint mark: RA …
Bibliography: MIB III 224c
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