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ID number: BIRBI-B2402 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice; Constantine in Numidia Denomination: Follis Place made: Africa: Algeria, Constantine Culture: Byzantine Date made: 583-584 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.85 Weight (g): 10.78 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5506. B.A. Seaby, May 1967. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice, wearing cuirass, and crown with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: M, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … N m … TIb … (Our lord Maurice Tiberius). Reverse: ANN … II (Year 2). Mint mark: CON. Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB II 149 (Moneta Militaris Imitativa)
Notes: Mint attiribution disputed
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