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ID number:  BIRBI-B2034
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Maker:  Maurice; Sicily
Denomination:  Solidus
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Sicily
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  584-602
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2.20
Weight (g):  4.39
Axis (degrees):  180.00
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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.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N mAVRIC TIb PP AVC (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI Λ ΛVCC. Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: K.

Bibliography:  MIB II pl.19 21.2 (exact coin)

2 Related People

Sicily
Roman;Ostrogothic;Italian;Aghlabid;Norman;Sicilian


Maurice
Byzantine
c.539
602
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