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ID number: BIRBI-B1878 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice; Constantinople Denomination: Tremissis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 583-602 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.65 Weight (g): 1.43 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 416. Spink, April 1953. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice facing r., wearing diadem, paludamentum, and cuirass. Reverse: Cross potent.
Inscriptions: Obverse: O N TIbЄ R … VC (Our lord Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ЧICTORI mAVRI AVG (Victory of Maurice Augustus). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB II 20
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