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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.

3 Related People

Nikomedia
Roman; Byzantine


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