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ID number: BIRBI-B2413 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Maurice; Rome Denomination: Decannumium Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Byzantine Date made: 587-602 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.45 Weight (g): 2.99 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1398. W.S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maurice, wearing cuirass, paludamentum, and crown with pendilia, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. Reverse: X, enclosed in a wreath.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N mAV … ICI PP AV (Our lord Maurice, eternal Augustus). Reverse: None.
Bibliography: MIB II 156 (Moneta Militaris Imitativa)
Notes: Mint attiribution disputed
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