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ID number: BIRBI-B4294 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: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 683-684 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.25 Weight (g): 15.97 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2580. R.M. Cunningham, February 1951. |

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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: M; cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂ N C … N … (Our lord Constantine). Reverse: ANNO XXX (Year 30). Mint mark: CON. Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB III 81
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