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ID number: BIRBI-B2310 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice; Carthage Denomination: Solidus Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 582-602 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 4.38 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 873. bt A. H. Baldwin February 1960, from Italy. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice facing wearing cuirass, paludamentum and a plumed helmet with circlet and pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Victoria standing facing holding chrismon staff in r. hand and globus cruciger in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN mAVRI T Ib PP AV ANS (Our Lord Maurice Tiberius eternal Augustus many years). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCC (Imperial Victory). Control mark: S (6). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB II 25a.1
Notes: Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project.
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