40 nummi (follis) of Constans II (?)

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40 nummi (follis) of Constans II (?)

Byzantine

Early Byzantine Period

A.D. 641–648 (?)

Mint: Constantinople (?)

Medium/Technique Bronze

Dimensions Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 8.01 gm. Die Axis: 8

Credit Line Augustine Shurtleff Collection of Coins

Accession Number01.4951

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome

ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins

DescriptionObverse: Constans standing, facing bearded, wearing chlamys and crown with cross. In right hand, long cross; in left, globus cruciger (almost completely effaced).
Legend: effaced.
Reverse: M?

Coin is illegible and attribution is uncertain.

ProvenanceBy date unknown: The Augustine Shurtleff Collection of Coins; bequest of Augustine Shurtleff to MFA; accessioned February 1, 1901