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ID number: BIRBI-B2304 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice; Carthage Denomination: Solidus Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 585-586 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 4.44 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1492. A.H. Baldwin, 20th September 1965 (Vinchon). |
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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 chrismon topped staff in r. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N mAVRC TIb PP AV AN Δ (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus; Year 4). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: Δ (4).
Bibliography: MIB II 25a
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