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ID number: BIRBI-B1755 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 582 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 4.42 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1289. K.Kress Nº 876, October 1963. |

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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 MAVRIC TIbЄR PP AV (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCC (Imperial victory). Control mark Z(7). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: DOC I. AV4, MIBE 5 p.45.
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