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Object Type
Museum number: B.12398
Denomination: tremissis
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Diademed and draped profile bust, to the right, of Maurice Tiberius. (obverse); Victory standing facing, head left, holding wreath and globus cruciger; cross right. (reverse)
State
Authority: Ruler: Maurice Tiberius; Issuer: Authari, King of the Lombards (?); Issuer: Agilulf, King of the Lombards (?)
Cultures/periods
Production date: 582-602
Production place: Minted in: Ticinum (possibly)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 5 o'clock; Weight: 1.44 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: BZ3 / Catalogue of the Coins of the Vandals, Ostrogoths and Lombards and of the empires of Thessalonica, Nicaea and Trebizond in the British Museum (25, p.128); MEC1 / Medieval European coinage volume 1: The early Middle Ages (5th-10th centuries) (304, p.455)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; allegory/personification; classical deity
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Maurice Tiberius; Representation of: Nike/Victoria/Victory
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1860
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: B.12398
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: C.245
C&M catalogue number: BZ3 (Vandals) (128) (25)

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