About the size of a dime, this coin represents one of the best (and affordable) portraits of Maurice Tiberius that I've been able to find. Worth 10 Nummi, or a fourth of a follis. Maurice Tiberius. 582-602. Æ Decanummium 17mm, 3.1g Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. Dated RY 8 (AD 589/90); Obv: blundered legend, Crowned facing bust, wearing consular robe, holding mappa and eagle-tipped scepter; Rev: Large X; cross above, R below; A/N/N/O U/III (date) across field; Sear 536
Very nice! Congrats! I mostly have folles and some half-folles. The smaller denominations are a realm that I have not explored to any extent. Yesterday I took a look at the unsold lots from Roma's Byzantine auction, and ordered this ten nummi from Catania. I've never owned a coin from this mint, so I figured better now than never. Maurice Tiberius Æ 10 Nummi. Catania, dated RY 17 = AD 598-599. D N TIbER mAVRC P P AVI, crowned and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger / Large I between ANNO and ΧςI; CAT in exergue. BCI 203; MIBE 136; DOC 275; Sear 581. 3.07g, 14mm, 6h.
