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10 nummi (decanummium) of Constans II
Byzantine
Early Byzantine Period
A.D. 650–651
Mint: Syracuse
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 17 mm. Weight: 3.63 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.4870
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: bust of Constans II facing, with long beard, wearing crown and chlamys, and holding globus cruciger
Reverse: I between between AN at left and NOI at right
Appears to be an overstrike on an uncertain undertype.
Reverse: I between between AN at left and NOI at right
Appears to be an overstrike on an uncertain undertype.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.