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ID number: BIRBI-B2301 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice; Carthage Denomination: Solidus Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 597-598 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.80 Weight (g): 4.42 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 490. A.H. Baldwin, 25th February 1955. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice facing, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and plumed helmet with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: Victoria facing, standing, holding globus cruciger in l. hand, and chrismon topped staff in r. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N mAVRI C Tb PP AN A (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal; Year 16). Reverse: VICTORI A AVCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB. Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB II 25b
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