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ID number:  BIRBI-B1850
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Maurice; Constantinople
Denomination:  Lightweight Solidus (23 Carats)
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  583-602
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  2.35
Weight (g):  4.19
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 0206. Spink, February 1952; ex. Schönlich, and ex. Ratto 1016.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Maurice facing, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and plumed helmet with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand; star to the r. of Maurice. Reverse: Victoria facing, standing, holding globus cruciger in l. hand, and crismon topped staff in r. hand; star to the r. of Victoria.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: … R• TIb PP AVC (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: V … RI A AVCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: S (6).

Bibliography:  MIB II 11

3 Related People

Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Maurice
Byzantine
c.539
602
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