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ID number: BIRBI-B2335 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice; Carthage Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 592-593 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 7.36 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 1971. |

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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: … N MAVRI Tb PP AVC (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: ANNO XI (Year 11). Control mark: A (1).
Bibliography: MIB II 120
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