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ID number: BIRBI-B1823 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Italian Hoard Maker: Maurice; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 583-602 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 4.34 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 975. December 1960; Italian Hoard. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice facing, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and plumed helmet with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Victoria facing, standing, holding globus cruciger in l. hand, and crismon topped staff in r. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: O N mAVRC …Ib PP AVC (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTOR… A AVCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONO… Control mark: Θ (9).
Bibliography: MIB II 6
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