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ID number: BIRBI-B2403 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: Half-Follis Place made: Africa: Algeria, Constantine Culture: Byzantine Date made: 591-592 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 4.85 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 0112. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice, wearing cuirass, and crown with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: K.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N mVRICI TIb PP A … (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANN … X (Year 10). Mint mark: … ON.
Bibliography: MIB II 151D (Moneta Militaris Imitativa)
Notes: Mint attiribution disputed
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