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ID number:  BIRBI-B2173
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Maurice; Antioch
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Antioch
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  588-589
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  3.15
Weight (g):  10.95
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 2358. B.A. Seaby. 7th October 1953.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Maurice facing, wearing trefoil crown with pendilia, chlamys, with loros scarf draped over shoulders, holding mappa aloft in r.hand, and eagle-topped sceptre in l.hand. Reverse: Arched M, cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: ΠITITUC … ΛT … (Garbled inscription). Reverse: ANNO IIЧ (Year 7). Mint mark: τHЄU…

Bibliography:  MIB II 95Ab

3 Related People

Maurice
Byzantine
c.539
602
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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Antioch



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