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ID number: BIRBI-B2097 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: 596-597 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.10 Weight (g): 11.19 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3135. Spink, February 1957; "From Cyprus". |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice, wearing cuirass, and helmet with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand, and shield decorated with horseman on l. arm. Reverse: M.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … N m … T … PR (Our lord Maurice Tiberius). Reverse: … N… XЧ (Year 15). Mint mark: NIK… Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB II 76Db
Notes: Overstruck obverse on obverse, probably on a year 25 coin of Justinian I
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