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ID number: BIRBI-B2364 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Maurice; Carthage Denomination: Pentanummium Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 597-602 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.25 Weight (g): 2.03 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 732. Presented by Mrs N.E. Barnes, 1924. "Found in the harbour at Carthage in 1815." |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice facing r., wearing paludamentum, and crown with pendilia. Reverse: Є; cross potent above. To the l. of the field, a dot above and below the N; to the r. of the field, a dot above and below the M.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … N M … PP AV (Our lord Maurice, eternal Augustus). Reverse: N M (Nummi).
Bibliography: MIB II 130b
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