- Co 877 (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
- This coin is dated to 581/2 AD
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCI Tiberius II 25, p. 277
- Comparanda
- MIB2 Tiberius II 65.7, pp. 57, 107, pl. 15
- Preservation comment
- Wear: P/F. Extensive, slight pitting and rare scratching and flaking. Small areas of incipient pale blue bronze disease on reverse.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 71, no. 1094 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Sixth-Century, Half-Follis“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- Half-follis
- Numismatic Authority
- Tiberius II (578-582)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 22.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 5.48
- Obverse Description
- Nimbate Tiberius and Anastasia facing enthroned (traces)
- Reverse Description
- Denomination, date, and mintmark within dotted(?) border
- Reverse Inscription
- Large Κ; above, cross; to left and right, A|N|N|O - ϥ|II; below, ΤⲈS
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Aelia Anastasia (empress, 578-582)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 877 (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/co0877>
