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ID number: BIRBI-B2391 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice; Ravenna Denomination: Tremissis Place made: Ravenna Culture: Byzantine Date made: 582-602 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.60 Weight (g): 1.49 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1088. bt A. H. Baldwin February 1962, from a wartime sale. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice r. wearing chlamys and diadem. Reverse: Victoria facing holding wreath in r. hand and globus cruciger in l. star in r. of field.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN mAVRC Tib PP ΛVC (Our Lord Maurice Tiberius eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIΛ ΛVCVSTORVm (Victory of the Augusti). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB II 50
Notes: Was used as part of 'All That Glitters…' project.
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