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ID number: BIRBI-B1862 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice; Constantinople Denomination: Lightweight Solidus (23 Carats) Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 583-602 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 4.30 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1642. Spink, 20th February 1968. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice facing, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and plumed helmet with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand; star to the r. of Maurice. Reverse: Victoria facing, standing, holding globus cruciger in l. hand, and crismon topped staff in r. hand; star to the r. of Victoria.
Inscriptions: Obverse: O N mAVRC TIb PP AVI (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: I (10).
Bibliography: MIB II 11
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