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ID number: BIRBI-B2135 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: 592-593 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.90 Weight (g): 11.22 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 6987. A.H. Baldwin, 8th July 1969; "From Greece". |
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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 mARIC TI IbЄRI PP A (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO XI (Year 11). Mint mark: KYZ. Control mark: B (2).
Bibliography: MIB II 85D
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