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ID number: BIRBI-B2390 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice; Ravenna Denomination: Solidus Place made: Ravenna Culture: Byzantine Date made: 582-602 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 4.49 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 746 - Dumbarton Oaks duplicates 79, 27th November 1958. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice facing wearing cuirass, paludamentum and a plumed helmet with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Victoria standing facing holding chrismon staff in r. hand and globus cruciger in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN mAVRC Tib PP ΛVC (Our Lord Maurice Tiberius eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI Λ ΛVCC (Imperial Victory). Control mark: B (2). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB II 38, DOC I AV285a
Notes: Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project.
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