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ID number: BIRBI-B4280 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constantine IV; Constantinople Denomination: Semissis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 669-685 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.8 Weight (g): 2.18 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0838. A.H. Baldwin, August 1959; "From Beirut." |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantine IV facing r., unbearded, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and diadem. Reverse: Cross potent on a globe.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂ … ΛN τIЧS PP AV (Our lord Constantine, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVGЧS (Imperial victory).
Bibliography: MIB III 15c
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