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ID number: BIRBI-B1767 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 583-601 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 4.49 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Whitting 518. ex de Saram Collection. 'Found in Ceylon' (Sri Lanka). |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice facing wearing helmet with plume, circlet and pendilia, holding in r. hand globus cruciger. Reverse: Victory facing, holding in r. hand crismon topped staff and in l. hand globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ON MAVRC TIb PP AVC (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCC (Imperial victory). Control mark B (2). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: DOC I. AV5b. MIBE 6, p.45.
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