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ID number: BIRBI-B4362 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: 666-668; 668-685 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.55 Weight (g): 3.99 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 0569. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans II facing, with moustache and long beard, wearing paludamentum, and helmet with plume, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: M. Above, and to the l. and r., busts of Constantine IV, Herakleios, and Tiberios facing. A ϴ in exergue.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: None. Control mark: … (Untranslatable control mark).
Bibliography: MIB III 178c; MIB III Km.1
Notes: Countermark of a monogram of Constantine IV to the r. of the reverse.
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