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ID number: BIRBI-B1934 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: 589-590 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.20 Weight (g): 10.50 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 5454. Spink, March 1967. |
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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: ∂ N mAVRIC TIbЄR PP AVC (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: AN… ϚII (Year 8). Mint mark: …N. Control mark: … (Untranslatable control mark).
Bibliography: MIB II 67D
Notes: Brockage.
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