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ID number: BIRBI-B1991 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; South East Turkey 1966 Hoard Maker: Maurice; Constantinople Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 587-588 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.55 Weight (g): 6.69 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 5348. Spink, July 1966; "From South East Turkey". |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice facing, wearing cuirass, and plumed helmet with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand, and shield decorated with horseman on l. arm. Reverse: K.
Inscriptions: Obverse: O N m … TIbЄR … (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO Ϛ (Year 6). Control mark: Є (5).
Bibliography: MIB II 70D
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