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ID number: BIRBI-B2164 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Byzantine Date made: 585-586 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.25 Weight (g): 12.04 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3261. Dumbarton Oaks Duplicate, 27th November 1958. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice facing, wearing trefoil crown with pendilia, chlamys, with loros scarf draped over shoulders, holding mappa aloft in r.hand, and eagle-topped sceptre in l.hand. Reverse: Arched M, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ΠIΛIΛNC~ ~ITΛITAPPV (Garbled inscription). Reverse: ANNO IIII (Year 4). Mint mark: τHЄ…
Bibliography: MIB II 95Ab
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