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ID number: BIRBI-B1789 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Stewart, James R. Maker: Maurice; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 582-602 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 4.09 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1685. Ex J. R. Stewart collection, 30th January 1968, 'Found in Cyprus and bought there in 1948'. |

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Description: Obverse: Facing bust of Maurice, wearing consular robes and crown eith pendilia, r. hand holding globus cruciger, shield on l. shoulder. Reverse: Angel standing facing, holding long staff with chrismon in r. hand and globus cruciger in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DN MAVI… …IUrV AVI (Our lord Maurice Emperor in Perpetuity). Reverse: VICTORI AAVCC Δ (Imperial Victory). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: DOC I pl. LXVI AV5a.1, MIB 2 pl. 18 AV13a
Notes: Pierced to N of obverse, with loop still attached. Brockage.
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