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ID number: BIRBI-B1890 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: 583-584 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.90 Weight (g): 10.83 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2368. Spink, 15th October 1953. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice facing, wearing cuirass, 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 mAV RC PP AVI (Our lord Maurice, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO II (Year 2). Mint mark: CON. Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB II 65C
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