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ID number:  BIRBI-B1875
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):  1.90
Weight (g):  2.18
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1801. A.H. Baldwin, 11th October 1971.
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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: O N mAVRI CI PP AVC (Our lord Maurice, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORI A AVC… (Imperial Victory). Mint mark: CONO…

Bibliography:  MIB II 17a

3 Related People

Maurice
Byzantine
c.539
602
Whitting_Phillip-T.jpg
Whitting, Philip David
British
1903
1988
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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