bby_494831 - TIBERIUS II CONSTANTINE Decanummium
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Price : 200.00 €
Type : Decanummium
Date: an 5
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,89 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier. Très beau portrait de Tibère II. Joli revers. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : D M TIB - [CON-STA]NT PP A.
Obverse description : Buste couronné, drapé et cuirassé de Tibère II Constantin de face avec pendilia.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Tiberius Constantinus Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Tibère Constantin perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : X surmonté d'une croisette.
Commentary
Poids lourd. Pendilia aux extrémités bouletées. Semble plus rare que ne le laissent penser les ouvrages généraux.
Heavyweight. Pendilia with rounded ends. Seems rarer than general works suggest.
Heavyweight. Pendilia with rounded ends. Seems rarer than general works suggest.
Historical background
TIBERIUS II CONSTANTINE
(09/26/578-08/14/582)
Justin lost his mind in 574 and General Tiberius ruled the empire from then on. He was associated with power and named august on September 26, 578 and succeeded Justin without problem on October 5, 578. The regnal years are counted since his accession as Caesar.
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