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ID number: BIRBI-B2267 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice; Antioch Denomination: Decanummium Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Byzantine Date made: 583-584 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 2.69 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4970. Spink, 12th July 1965. |

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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: X, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ΠITIO~ ~VPPIV (Garbled Inscription). Reverse: ANNO II (Year 2). Mint mark: P, with tail.
Bibliography: MIB II 100b
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