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ID number:  BIRBI-B4307
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:  Decanummium
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  669-673
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.4
Weight (g):  4.08
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1632.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Constantine IV facing, unbearded, wearing cuirass, and helmet with plume, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: I; cross above. Cross in the l. of the field; K in the r. of the field.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: None. Mint mark: CON.

Bibliography:  MIB III 88

3 Related People

Constantine IV
Byzantine
652
685
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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