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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B4259 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constantine IV; Herakleios son of Constans II; Tiberios son of Constans II; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 669-674 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2 Weight (g): 4.46 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0543. A.H. Baldwin, May 1956; "From a recent find in Greece". |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantine IV facing 3/4 r., unbearded, wearing cuirass, and cross-topped helmet with plume, holding spear in r. hand behind head, and shield on l. arm. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps. To the l., Herakleios facing, standing, unbearded, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. To the r., Tiberios facing, standing, unbearded, wearing chlamys, and cross-topped crown, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂ N CONS τ [in retrograde] NЧS P (Our lord Constantine, eternal). Reverse: VICTORIΛ A VGЧ (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: H (8). Bibliography: MIB III 4c
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5 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Tiberios son of Constans II Byzantine | |
| Herakleios son of Constans II Byzantine | |
| Constantine IV Byzantine 652 685 | |
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