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ID number: BIRBI-B2408 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Maurice; Rome Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Byzantine Date made: 582-602 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 5.93 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 1837. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and crown with pendilia. Reverse: XX, cross above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … AVRICI T … b PP … (Maurice Tiberius, eternal). Reverse: None. Mint mark: ROM.
Bibliography: MIB II 155 (Moneta Militaris Imitativa)
Notes: Mint attiribution disputed
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