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ID number: BIRBI-B2355 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice; Carthage Denomination: Decanummium Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 587-588 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 5.27 Axis (degrees): 270.00 Provenance: Whitting 2213. A.H. Baldwin, 14th February 1954. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice facing l., wearing diadem, and paludamentum. Reverse: Cross potent on two steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N MA RICI P (Our lord Maurice, eternal). IND … (Indictio, i.e. Year). Reverse: N M X (Ten Nummi).
Bibliography: MIB II 126
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