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ID number: BIRBI-B1751 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Akkar Hoard Maker: Maurice; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 583 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 4.42 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 788. Hama II Hoard (i.e. Akkar Hoard) 1958. A.H.Baldwin 6th January 1959. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice facing wearing cross crown with pendilia, holding in r.hand globus cruciger and on l. shoulder shield. Reverse: Victory facing, holding in r. hand crismon topped staff and in l. hand globus cruciger.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ON TIbЄR M AVRIC PP AV (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCC (Imperial victory). Control mark Γ(3). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: DOC I. AV3b. MIBE 4 p.45.
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