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ID number: BIRBI-B2142 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice; Kyzikos Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Byzantine Date made: 587-588 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 6.05 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 1895. Hall Sale, November 1950. |

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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: K, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: O N mAVR …T … b … PA (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO Ϛ (Year 6). Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB II 88D
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