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ID number: BIRBI-B2096 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice; Nikomedia Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Izmit Culture: Byzantine Date made: 595-596 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.30 Weight (g): 11.84 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4050. Gifr from C. Hirsch, September 1952. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice, wearing cuirass, and helmet with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand, and shield decorated with horseman on l. arm. Reverse: M, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ∂ N mAV … PЄR … (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO XIIII (Year 14). Mint mark: NIKO. Control mark: B (2).
Bibliography: MIB II 76Db
Notes: Reverse die appears to have been re-engraved.
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