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ID number: BIRBI-B1872 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice; Constantinople Denomination: Semissis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 582-602 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 2.21 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0211. Glendining, 20th March 1952. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice facing r., wearing diadem, paludamentum, and cuirass. Reverse: Victory walking r., looking l., holding wreath in r.. hand, and globus cruciger in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N Γ ImAVRI … PP AIC (Our lord Maurice, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTOR … A AVCC (Imperial Victory). Mint mark: CO…
Bibliography: MIB II 17a
Notes: Double overstrike on both faces.
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