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ID number: BIRBI-B2315 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Carthage 1945 Hoard Maker: Maurice; Carthage Denomination: Solidus Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 595-596 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 4.39 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1575. 5th October 1966; From Carthage 1945 Hoard, No. 39. |

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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 mAVRI C Tb PP AN IΔ (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal; Year 14). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: IΔ (14).
Bibliography: MIB II 25b
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