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ID number: BIRBI-B1856 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D.; Istanbul 1966 Hoard Maker: Maurice; Constantinople Denomination: Lightweight Solidus (23 Carats) Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 583-602 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 4.24 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1544. A.H. Baldwin, 9th June 1966. "From Istanbul". |

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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: … AVRC TIb PP AVC (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: H (8).
Bibliography: MIB II 11
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