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40 nummi (follis) of Maurice
Byzantine
Early Byzantine Period
A.D. 582–602
Mint: Antioch (?)
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 30 mm. Weight: 12.39 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.4858
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: bust of Maurice facing, wearing crown and consular robes holding mappa in right hand and eagle-tipped scepter in left hand
Legend: effaced.
Reverse: large central M cross above
at left: ANNO at right: X
offiicina number below M effaced; mint name in exergue effaced.
Legend: effaced.
Reverse: large central M cross above
at left: ANNO at right: X
offiicina number below M effaced; mint name in exergue effaced.
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.