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Maker(s):Constans II (minted under)
Culture:Byzantine
Title:Solidus of Constans II
Date Made:659-668 CE
Type:Coin/Money
Materials:Gold
Place Made:Europe; Asia; Turkey; Constantinople
Measurements:19mm; 4.435g
Accession Number:  MH 2004.13.425
Credit Line:Gift of the Estate of Nathan Whitman
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Obverse: facing busts of Constans on left, wearing plumed helmet, and Constantine on right, crowned and wearing chlamys; cross between their heads
Reverse: officina letter, cross potent on three steps between facing standing figures of Heraclius on left and Tiberius on right, both beardless, each wearing crown and chlamys and holding cross on globe; VICTORIA AVGV

Tags:
ancient; archaeology

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