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ID number: BIRBI-B1904 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: 585-586 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.05 Weight (g): 11.63 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 7926. A.H. Baldwin, 2nd September 1972. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice facing, wearing cuirass, and plumed helmet 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 RIC PP AVC (Our lord Maurice, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO IIII (Year 4). Mint mark: CON. Control mark: Δ (4).
Bibliography: MIB II 67D (var)
Notes: Die apparently crumbling to the r. of Maurice's head. Unrecorded variant legend.
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