Co 877 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine half-follis of Tiberius II from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show fewer 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

Reverse Photograph