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ID number:  BIRBI-B2256
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Maker:  Maurice; Antioch
Denomination:  Half-Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Antioch
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  593-594
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.25
Weight (g):  6.01
Axis (degrees):  180.00
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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: K, cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: ∂ N mAUΓ CN P AUT (Our lord Maurice, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO IIX (Year 12). Mint mark: R.

Bibliography:  MIB II 99C

2 Related People

Maurice
Byzantine
c.539
602
Antioch



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