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ID number: BIRBI-B1931 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Maurice; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 589-590 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.30 Weight (g): 10.27 Axis (degrees): 90.00 |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice facing, wearing cuirass, and plumed helmet with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand, and shield on l. arm. Reverse: M, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … VRICI TIbЄR P … (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO ϚII (Year 8). Mint mark: CO… Control mark: Γ (3).
Bibliography: MIB II 67D
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