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ID number: BIRBI-B4506ADD Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Maurice; Constantine in Numidia Denomination: Follis Place made: Africa: Algeria, Constantine Culture: Byzantine Date made: 583-584 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.75 Weight (g): 11.17 Axis (degrees): 180.00 |
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Description: Obverse: Frontal bust, crowned, cuirassed, holding globus cruciger and shield. Reverse: Cross above denomination mark.
Inscriptions: Obverse: …TIbPPAVG (Maurice Tiberius, eternal augustus). Reverse: M (Forty) ANNO II (Year 2) CON (Constantine in Numidia) Officina: A
Bibliography: DOC I.Ae24; MIB.2.149
Notes: Attributed in DOC to Constantinople, and by Hahn to a military mint, but is of the style attributed normally by DOC to Constantine in Numidia. This is therefore the attribution we have preferred.
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