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ID number: BIRBI-B2089 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice; Nikomedia Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Izmit Culture: Byzantine Date made: 591-592 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.05 Weight (g): 11.19 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2773. Duke of Argyll, February 1951. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice, 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 [in retrograde] m … TIBЄR (Our lord Maurice Tiberius). Reverse: ANNO X (Year 10). Mint mark: NIKO. Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB II 76Db
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