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ID number: BIRBI-B2033 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice; Sicily Denomination: Solidus Place made: Europe: Italy, Sicily Culture: Byzantine Date made: 584-602 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 4.47 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1235. Spink, July 1963; "From Egypt". |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice facing, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and plumed helmet with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Victoria facing, standing, holding globus cruciger in l. hand, and crismon topped staff in r. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N mAVRC TIb PP AVC (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTOR … A AVCC. Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: K.
Bibliography: MIB II 21
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