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ID number: BIRBI-B1886 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 582-583 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.90 Weight (g): 12.99 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 4763. Karageorghiou, 29th August 1964. |
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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: M, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: O N TIbЄR mAVR PP A … (Our lord Tiberius Maurice, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO I (Year 1). Mint mark: CON. Control mark: Є (5).
Bibliography: MIB II 65B
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