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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.31.4.945
People
Constans II, Roman (r. 408 - 411 CE)
Title
Coin of Constans II
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
659-668 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
Period
Byzantine period, Early
Culture
Byzantine
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/75497

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
6.24 g
Die Axis
6
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: CO AN
  • Reverse Inscription: deltaEY[ ]OMANIS

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
DOC 2.2, 57.6 (p. 442)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
1951.31.4.945
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: To l., bust of Constans, facing, with long beard, wearing chlamys and crown with cross on circlet in front and behind it, plume. To r., Constantine IV, beardless, wearing chlamys, and similar crown without plume. Between heads, cross.

Rev.: Cross potent on base over globe on three steps. To l., Heraclius, to r., smaller Tiberius, both beardless, each wearing chlamys and crown with cross.

Verification Level

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