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ID number: BIRBI-B2110 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: 588-589 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 5.45 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4394. |
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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: K, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: O N mAV (Our lord Maurice). Reverse: ANNO ϚI (Year 7). Control mark: B (2).
Bibliography: MIB II 80D
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