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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.
BIRBI-B1867.jpg

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.

3 Related People

Maurice
Byzantine
c.539
602
Whitting_Phillip-T.jpg
Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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