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40 nummi (follis) of Constans II (?)
Byzantine
Early Byzantine Period
A.D. 641–688 (?)
Mint: Constantinople?
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 4.10 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Augustine Shurtleff Collection of Coins
Accession Number01.4950
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Constans on left and Constantine IV on right, standing, facing. Constans wears crown and military dress and has a long beard and holds a long cross; Constantine wears crown and chlamys and is beardless and holds a globus cruciger?
Reverse: M at left: ANNO uncertain numeral to left
Cross above the M?
Overstruck on uncertain undertype.
OB: Two figures, (Justinus II and Sophia?); headdresses. Other details obscured.
REV: [inscription] with inscription to l: KLWN does not match catalogue, perhaps traces of restricking. Same with field
Overstrike
Reverse: M at left: ANNO uncertain numeral to left
Cross above the M?
Overstruck on uncertain undertype.
OB: Two figures, (Justinus II and Sophia?); headdresses. Other details obscured.
REV: [inscription] with inscription to l: KLWN does not match catalogue, perhaps traces of restricking. Same with field
Overstrike
ProvenanceBy date unknown: The Augustine Shurtleff Collection of Coins; bequest of Augustine Shurtleff to MFA; accessioned February 1, 1901