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ID number: BIRBI-B2353 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice; Carthage Denomination: Decanummium Place made: Carthage Culture: Byzantine Date made: 587-588 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.80 Weight (g): 4.81 Axis (degrees): 90.00 Provenance: Whitting 2992. Spink, August 1955. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice facing l., wearing diadem, and paludamentum. Reverse: Cross potent on two steps.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N M … RICI T (Our lord Maurice Tiberius). INΔ S (Indictio 6, i.e. Year 6). Reverse: N M X (Ten Nummi).
Bibliography: MIB II 126
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