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ID number: BIRBI-B1919 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: 587-588 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.95 Weight (g): 11.93 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2258. Ex. Signorelli collection, Rome, March 1953. |
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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: … m … RIC TIbЄR PP AVC (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO Ϛ (Year 6). Mint mark: CON. Control mark: Δ (4).
Bibliography: MIB II 67D
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