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Solidus of Constans II
Byzantine
Early Byzantine Period
A.D. 648–649
Mint: Constantinople
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 4.34 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Edward Jackson Holmes Collection—Bequest of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession Number65.294
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: bust of Constans II facing with short beard, wearing crown and chlamys, and holding globus cruciger.
DNCONSTAN TINUSPPAVI
Reverse: cross potent on three steps.
Z (for indiction 7) on right, CONOB in exergue
VICTORIA AVGUZ (Z retrograde)
DNCONSTAN TINUSPPAVI
Reverse: cross potent on three steps.
Z (for indiction 7) on right, CONOB in exergue
VICTORIA AVGUZ (Z retrograde)
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Edward Jackson Holmes (1873-1950) Collection; 1932-1941: lent by Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes to MFA (loan no. 593.32); 1949-1965: lent by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes to MFA (loan no. 244.49); 1965: bequest of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes to MFA, March 10, 1965