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40 nummi (follis) of Constans II
Byzantine
Early Byzantine Period
A.D. 655–656
Mint: Constantinople
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 5.69 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.4853
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: to left Constans II standing, facing, with long beard, wearing cuirass and crown with cross; in right hand long cross; left hand on hip; to right Constantine IV, beardless, wearing chlamys and crown with cross; in right hand globus cruciger; between them cross (Constantine IV mostly effaced)
Reverse: M, above K, below. Lettering to right and left mostly effaced or unstruck.
CO[N] in exergue
Reverse: M, above K, below. Lettering to right and left mostly effaced or unstruck.
CO[N] in exergue
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.