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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

5 Related People

Mandres Hoard



Whitting_Phillip-T.jpg
Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Stewart, James R.
Australian
03 Jul 1913
06 Feb 1962
Maurice
Byzantine
c.539
602
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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