bby_218002 - MAURICIUS TIBERIUS Demi-follis

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Type : Demi-follis

Date: an 12

Mint name / Town : Thessalonica

Metal : copper

Diameter : 21,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 4,25 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan quadrangulaire et irrégulier, bien centré. Beau portrait. Usure régulière. Patine marron foncé, légèrement granuleuse

Catalogue references :

BMC/B.- - R.- - Do.83 - BN/B.- - BC.509 - MBR.113 D

Obverse

Obverse legend : D N MAURI - TIBER P AVC.

Obverse description : Buste casqué, diadémé avec pendilia et cuirassé de Maurice Tibère de face tenant le globe crucigère de la main droite.

Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Mauricius Tiberius Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Maurice Tibère auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : A/N/N/O - X/I// TES.

Reverse description : Grand K surmonté d'une croisette.

Reverse translation : (An 11).

Commentary

Poids très léger. Lettres de l’atelier rétrogrades.

Historical background

MAURICIUS TIBERIUS

(08/13/582-11/22/602)

Maurice succeeded his father-in-law Tiberius II. After great victories over the Sassanids, he suffered many setbacks in the Balkans and could not prevent the installation of the Slavs and Avars. A military plot overthrew him in 602. He was assassinated while trying to take refuge with Chosroes II.

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bby_218002 - MAURICIUS TIBERIUS Demi-follis

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

MAURICIUS TIBERIUS

(08/13/582-11/22/602)

Maurice succeeded his father-in-law Tiberius II. After great victories over the Sassanids, he suffered many setbacks in the Balkans and could not prevent the installation of the Slavs and Avars. A military plot overthrew him in 602. He was assassinated while trying to take refuge with Chosroes II.

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