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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B1988 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice?; Nikomedia? Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Eurasia: Izmit Culture: Byzantine Date made: 587-588 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 5.38 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3949. A.H. Baldwin, September 1961; "From a pre 1939 box". |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice facing, wearing cuirass, and crown with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand, and shield decorated with horseman on l. arm. Reverse: K, cross above. Inscriptions: Obverse: … N m (Our lord Maurice). Reverse: ANNO Ϛ (Year 6). Control mark: B (2). Bibliography: cf. MIB II 80D Notes: It is not entirely clear why this coin should be assigned to either Maurice or Nikomedia, but the nearest catalogued equivalent is Hahn 80D. |
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3 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Maurice Byzantine c.539 602 | |
| Nikomedia Roman; Byzantine | |
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