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ID number: BIRBI-B2015 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: 601-602 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 6.42 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1899. |

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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 on l. arm. Reverse: K, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … N … V … N m … (Garbled inscription). Reverse: ANNO XX (Year 20). 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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