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ID number: BIRBI-B1825 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice; Constantinople Denomination: Solidus Place made: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 583-602 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 4.49 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 840. A.H. Baldwin, 4th August 1959. "From Beirut". |

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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 mIVRC TIb PP AVC (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A A…CC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: I (10).
Bibliography: MIB II 6
Notes: Reverse brockage on obverse.
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