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ID number: BIRBI-B4359 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Constans II; Constantine IV; Herakleios son of Constans II; Tiberios son of Constans II; Constantinople; Cyprus Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul; Cyprus Culture: Byzantine Date made: 659-664; 668-685 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.3 Weight (g): 2.87 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1735. |

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Description: Obverse: Constans II facing, standing, with moustache and long beard, wearing military attire, and helmet with plume, holding long cross in r. hand. A cross in the r. of the field. Reverse: Constantine IV, Herakleios, and Tiberios facing, standing, each wearing a chlamys, holding globus cruciger in r. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Year: None visible. Control mark: None visible. Reverse: None.
Bibliography: MIB III 175; MIB III Km.1
Notes: Countermark of a monogram of Constantine IV to the r. of the obverse.
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