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ID number:  BIRBI-B2327
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Maurice; Carthage
Denomination:  Half-Follis
Place made:  Carthage
Culture:  Byzantine
Date made:  592-593
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.60
Weight (g):  11.52
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 3375. Clement Pratt, Paris, 1957.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Maurice, wearing cuirass, and cross topped crown with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand, and shield decorated with horseman on l. arm. Reverse: K; cross above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N MAVRI Tb PP AVC (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO XI (Year 11). Control mark: A (1).

Bibliography:  MIB II 120

3 Related People

Carthage
Roman;Byzantine


Maurice
Byzantine
c.539
602
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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