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ID number: BIRBI-B4240 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: Tremissis Place made: Europe: Italy, Ravenna Culture: Byzantine Date made: 659-668 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.7 Weight (g): 1.43 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1046. A.H. Baldwin, November 1961; ex Gantz 1943. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing r., bearded, wearing chlamys with fibula, and diadem. Reverse: Cross potent.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂ N CONS … NЧS PP (Our lord Constantine, eternal). Reverse: VICTORIA AVGЧI (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB III 135a
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