Coin
MOA: University of British Columbia
3095/1106
Byzantine coin of Constans II, 641-668. Obverse: two figures, standing and facing forwards; to left, Constans II, wearing military dress and holding long cross; to right, Constantine IV, wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger; to right, ‘[X]X[E]’. Reverse: large ‘M’; to left and right, Heraclius and Tiberius, Constans II’s sons, standing and facing forwards; each wears a chlamys and holds a globus cruciger in their right hands; above ‘M’, long cross; beneath, ‘A’; in exergue, ‘CON’.
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History Of Use
"Follis" (denomination); DO# 87; Sear# 1012.
- Type of Item coin
- Culture Byzantine
- Material bronze metal
- Measurements height 0.2 cm, diameter 2.2 cm (overall)
- Previous Owner David Herman
- Received from David Herman
- Made in Istanbul, Constantinopolis
- Creation Date between 665 and 666
- Ownership Date before February 2, 2015
- Acquisition Date on February 2, 2015
- Item Classes metalwork
- Condition fair
- Accession Number 3095/1106