Byzanz: Constans II.

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Events

Created

When	651-652 CE
Where	Constantinople

Commissioned

Who	Constans II (630-668)

Owned

Who	Heinrich Wefels (-1931)
When	1915-1931

Was depicted (Actor)

Who	Constans II (630-668)

Relation to places

Eastern Europe

Keywords

40 Nummi (Follis) Bronze Christliche Ikonographie Coin Early Middle Ages Early Middle Ages Emperor Gegenstempel, Erasionen u.a. Middle Ages Portrait

Description

Front: Drapierte Panzerbüste des Constans II. mit Helm und Globus (sphaira) mit Kreuz in der r. Hand in der Vorderansicht. Im r. F. K.
Rear: Das Wertzeichen M (= 40) in der Mitte, darüber ein Kreuz. Im l. F. A/[N/A] und im r. F. [N/E/O/ς].
Overstruck: A coin or medal used as a flan to produce a new coin and that has been struck with a new die.
Clipped: Part of the rim of the coin has been removed by clipping in particular with coins made from precious metals.

Material/Technique

Bronze; struck

Measurements

Diameter: 17-24 mm
Weight: 3.77 g

Literature

Vgl. Ph. Grierson, Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection II-2 (1968) 450 Nr. 69.
W. Hahn, Moneta Imperii Byzantini III (1981) 249 Nr. 170 b.