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ID number: BIRBI-B2399 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice; Ravenna Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Ravenna Culture: Byzantine Date made: 584-602 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 3.38 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3256. Dumbarton Oaks Duplicate, 27th November 1958. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and plumed helmet with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: K, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N mAV … P AVI (Our lord Maurice, eternal Augustus). Reverse: R/A/VE … (Ravenna).
Bibliography: MIB II 146
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