Follis (40 Nummi) of Constans II, Emperor of Byzantium from Constantinople

A.D. 647–48

Medium: Copper
Dimensions: 5.93 g, 8:00, 26 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Jonathan P. Rosen, J.D. 1970
Accession Number: 2001.87.3835
Geography: Made in Constantinople, Thrace
Culture: Byzantine
Period: 7th century A.D.
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Emperor standing, facing, wearing chlamys and crown with cross; in r. hand, long cross; in l. hand, globe with cross

Reverse Description: M

Provenance

Ariadne Galleries, New York, from about 1980 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

Additional information

coins, money, nummi

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