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20 nummi (half follis) of Maurice Tiberius.
Byzantine
Early Byzantine Period
A.D. 582–583
Mint: Antioch
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 7.26 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.4848
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: bust of Maurice facing in consular robes and crown with trefoil ornament; in right hand mappa; in left hand eagle-topped scepter.
Legend: effaced.
Reverse: large XX to left: ANNO to right : I
cross(?) above Greek gamma (?) below
Legend: effaced.
Reverse: large XX to left: ANNO to right : I
cross(?) above Greek gamma (?) below
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.