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ID number: BIRBI-B1868 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: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 582-583 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 4.50 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 796. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice facing, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and cross crown with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand, and shield decorated with horseman on l. arm. Reverse: Victoria facing, standing, holding globus in l. hand, and crismon topped staff in r. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: O … b TIb ЄRI PP AVC (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: V… CTORI A AVCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: Γ (3).
Bibliography: MIB II 3
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