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ID number: BIRBI-B2141 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice; Kyzikos Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Byzantine Date made: 585-586 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 4.77 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 6572. Tchalikian, 25th January 1969, Beirut. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice, wearing cuirass, and cross topped crown with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand, and shield on l. arm. Reverse: K, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … N mAVR … P … (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO IIII (Year 4). Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB II 88C
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