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ID number: BIRBI-B2394 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice; Rome Denomination: Tremissis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Byzantine Date made: 583-602 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.55 Weight (g): 1.46 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 0212. Christie, June 1952. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice facing r., wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and diadem. Reverse: Victory walking r., looking l., holding wreath in r. hand, and globus cruciger in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N mAVRC TIb PP AVC (Our lord Maurice Tiberius, eternal Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIA AVSTORVMC· (Imperial victory). Mint mark: CONOB.
Bibliography: MIB II 36c
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