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ID number: BIRBI-B1833 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Istanbul 1966 Hoard Maker: Maurice; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 583-602 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 4.26 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1548. A.H. Baldwin, 9th June 1966. "From Istanbul in a lot of 55 gold, 46 of them Maurice solidi". |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice facing, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and plumed helmet with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Victoria facing, standing, holding globus cruciger in l. hand, and crismon topped staff in r. hand; K to the r. of Victoria.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … N mAVRC TIb PP AVC (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: Δ (4).
Bibliography: MIB II 9
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