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ID number: BIRBI-B2116 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice; Kyzikos Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Byzantine Date made: 584-585 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.95 Weight (g): 11.64 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 5884. A.H. Baldwin, 20th May 1968; ex. FitzWilliam (C.D. Sherborn 1939). |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice, wearing cuirass, and cross topped crown with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand, and shield decorated with horseman on l. arm. Reverse: M, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: O N mAVRIC T IbЄR P … (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO III (Year 3). Mint mark: KYZ. Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB II 84D
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