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ID number: BIRBI-B2131 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice; Kyzikos Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Byzantine Date made: 591-592 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.85 Weight (g): 11.48 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3863. A.H. Baldwin, 6th October 1959; "from an old miscellaneous collection". |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice, wearing cuirass, and plumed helmet with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand, and shield decorated with horseman on l. arm. Reverse: M, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: O ᴎ mA … TIbЄRI PPA (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO X (Year 10). Mint mark: KYZ. Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB II 85D
Notes: Overstruck, unclear on what, probably obverse on reverse, large cross visible between Maurice's head and his small held cross.
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