Byzantine Coin

Can anyone identify this?



Its the last coin that I picked up from the NY Internation and World Coin Show that I need to identify and document.

Ruben

 

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Can you get an image of the otherside? And clearer, if possible.

 

Clearer? I'll need to pull it out and rephoto it.

Ruben

 

Pleaaaaaaaase? :smile Its double struck, that much I can tell you from here. Double struck Byzantine follles are already enough like a Rorschack test!

 

Right side up would help also.

Justinian I ?

 

OK - hear are clearer pictures

 

and which side would that be

 

Here. It was easier than flipping my monitor over.

I'm going with Justinian I and sure to be corrected by one of the big boys of ancients.

 

wonderful. What is that symbolism? Other than the fact that it is definitely man made I have no idea what those coins are supposed to have stamped on them.

Ruben

 

I'd help if I could

 

Maurice Tiberius maybe?

 

On the reverse, the K indicates the denomination, a Half Follis, or 20 nummi. The ANNO means year, IIII indicates the year number, and the chi-rho is a control marker, and the A indicates the officina (mint workshop) which struck the coin.

Maurice Tiberius
AE half follis
Constantinople, 586-587 AD
Crowned, cuirassed bust facing
DN MAVR TIBER PP AV
Large K, with chi-rho above, A below, ANNO to l., IIII to r.
Sabatier 497, BMC 71

 

I seached around on the net and could't find a match. How do you know it is
Marv Tiber?

Ruben

 

Because of the AVR on the obverse that is clearly shown on your coin.

LOL I knew it.

 

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