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ID number:  BIRBI-B2271
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Maurice; Antioch
Denomination:  Decanummium
Place made:  Eurasia: Antioch
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  586-591
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  1.80
Weight (g):  2.84
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 4925. C.G.H. 18th April 1965.
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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: X, cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: bCIIT … (Garbled Inscription). Reverse: ANNO C (Year 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9). Mint mark: P.

Bibliography:  MIB II 100b

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