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ID number: BIRBI-B4273 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Constantine IV; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 681-685 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.9 Weight (g): 4.41 Axis (degrees): 180.00 |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantine IV facing 3/4 r., bearded, wearing cuirass, and helmet with diadem and plume, holding spear in r. hand behind head, and shield decorated with horseman on l. arm. Reverse: Cross potent on three steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: P CONꙄτ AN Ч [in retrograde] S PP A (Our lord Constantine, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTOΩA Λ VGЧ ([Inferred] Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: B (2).
Bibliography: MIB III 10
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