bby_471668 - MAURICIUS TIBERIUS Semissis

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Type : Semissis

Date: 582-602

Mint name / Town : Constantinople

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 1000 ‰

Diameter : 17,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 2,19 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier et voilé, parfaitement lisible et identifiable

Catalogue references :

BMC/B. - R.1024 - Do.12 b - BN/B.27 - BC.486 (200£) - MBR.17 a1 - DMBR.7 /15 (400€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : D N MAV-RI PP AVI.

Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Maurice Tibère à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A’a).

Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Mauricius Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Maurice perpétuel Auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : VICTORI- A AVGG/ -|-//CONOB.

Reverse description : Victoire debout, marchant à droite, la tête tournée à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et un globe crucigère de la gauche.

Reverse translation : “Victoria Augustorum”, (la Victoire des augustes).

Commentary

Souvent les espèces de Tibère II et de Maurice Tibère peuvent se confondre, en particulier pour les monnaies divisionnaires d’or.

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.

MAURICIUS TIBERIUS Follis XF

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MAURICIUS TIBERIUS Demi-follis VF

60.00 €

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MAURICIUS TIBERIUS Solidus AU

850.00 €

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MAURICIUS TIBERIUS Follis XF

150.00 €

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MAURICIUS TIBERIUS Follis VF/VF

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MAURICIUS TIBERIUS Follis XF

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bby_471668 - MAURICIUS TIBERIUS Semissis

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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