578 AD - 582 AD |
Follis / Φόλλις AE 30 |
SHH 3396 |
Parameter Obverse Reverse Notes Reference, |
11.78 g 28.9-30.2 mm 7:00
o'clock VF Facing bust of Tiberius, wearing crown with cross and consular robes; holds in right hand mappa and in left hand eagle-tipped sceptre; mTIP CI / IANI PP AV clockwise around; border of dots. Large m; cross above; A // N // N // O on left; regnal year ςII (= 8) on right; THEUP° in exergue; border of dots. Mint of Antiochia / Theoupolis. The cross on the crown distinguishes these Follis from those of Mauricius Tiberius. BMC 101; Dumbarton Oaks I 44; Κάντας Αθήναι ---; Ratto 970; Sear Byzantine 448, |