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ID number: BIRBI-B1881 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R.; Lord Grantley Maker: Maurice; Constantinople Denomination: Light Siliqua Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 583-602 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.70 Weight (g): 1.48 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5637. 30th January 1968; ex. James R. Stewart Collection; ex. Grantley, 1944. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice facing r., wearing a helmet, paludamentum, and cuirass. Reverse: Cross potent between two palm branches.
Inscriptions: Obverse: O N m … TIb PP AVC (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: None.
Bibliography: MIB II pl.21 56 (exact coin)
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