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ID number: BIRBI-B4281 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: Miliaresion Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 674-681 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 3.97 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2428. A.H. Baldwin, 27th March 1954. |
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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 above a globe on three steps, between two palm branches.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … N C … (Our lord Constantine). Reverse: None.
Bibliography: MIB III 61
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