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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
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