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- Co 512 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine half-follis of Tiberius II from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show fewer links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
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582
- Not before (date)
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581
- Comment
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Coin dated AD 581/2
- Logical part of
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Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
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Coin
- Comparanda
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DOCI Tiberius II 26, p. 277
- Preservation comment
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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
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KenchreaiIII, p. 71, no. 1090 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
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6
- Has denomination
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Half-follis
- Numismatic Authority
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Tiberius II (578-582)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
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23.0
- Numismatic Mint
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Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
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5.39
- Obverse Description
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Nimbate Tiberius and Anastasia enthroned facing, he holding globus cruciger in right hand, she holding scepter in left; within thin band border
- Obverse Inscription
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D [M TIB CO]N-TANT P[P AV]
- Reverse Description
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Denomination, date, and mintmark within dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
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Large Κ; above, cross; to left and right, A|N|[N] - Iϥ|II ; below, TⲈS
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
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Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
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Ino or Aelia Anastasia (empress, 578-582)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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