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ID number: BIRBI-B1777 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R.; Mandres Hoard Maker: Maurice; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 583-601 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 4.40 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1669. From the Mandres Hoard n.5, 1950. Ex J. R. Stewart collection (54). 30th January 1968. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice wearing helmet with plume circlet and 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 MAVRC TIb PP AV (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCC (Imperial victory). Control mark Γ(3). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: DOC I. AV5c, MIBE 6, P.45
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