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ID number: BIRBI-B1867 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice; Constantinople Denomination: Lightweight Solidus (22 Carats) Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 583-602 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 3.70 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 871. K. Kress, Munich, 22nd July 1959. |
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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 in l. hand, and cross topped staff in r. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: O N mAVRC TIb PP AVI (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI … CC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: OBXX. Control mark: I (10).
Bibliography: MIB II 14
Notes: Re-engraved mint mark.
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