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ID number:  BIRBI-B2217
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:  598-599
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.90
Weight (g):  11.06
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 5891. A.H. Baldwin, 20th May 1968; ex. C.J. Bunn, 1939, Fitzwilliam.
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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: M, cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: δ N … TAUT (Our lord Maurice). Reverse: ANNO XЧII (Year 17). Mint mark: τHЄUPs. Control mark: Є (5).

Bibliography:  MIB II 96C

Notes:  Has been marked with the number 70 by a previous collector.

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