- Co 512 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine half-follis of Tiberius II from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 582
- Not before (date)
- 581
- Comment
- Coin dated AD 581/2
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCI Tiberius II 26, p. 277
- Preservation comment
- Wear: F+. Extensively chipped and broken edge; slight to severe flaking on both faces. Patches of light blue, powdery bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 71, no. 1090 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- Half-follis
- Numismatic Authority
- Tiberius II (578-582)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 23.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 5.39
- Obverse Description
- Nimbate Tiberius and Anastasia enthroned facing, he holding globus cruciger in right hand, she holding scepter in left; within thin band border
- Obverse Inscription
- D [M TIB CO]N-TANT P[P AV]
- Reverse Description
- Denomination, date, and mintmark within dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- Large Κ; above, cross; to left and right, A|N|[N] - Iϥ|II ; below, TⲈS
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Ino or Aelia Anastasia (empress, 578-582)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 512 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine half-follis of Tiberius II from Thessalonica).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0512>
