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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.

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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