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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 6521229, member: 85693"]Welcome to Coin Talk! That's a nice Maurice Tiberius follis - here is one of mine: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1260801[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Maurice Tiberius Æ Follis</b></p><p><b>Year 7 (588-589 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Constantinople Mint</b></p><p>DN MAVRIC TIBER PP AVG, Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding cross on globe & shield / Large M, ANNO left, cross above, ς I year right, Officina A below; CON in ex.</p><p>SB 494; MIB 65d-67d.</p><p>(11.09 grams / 27 x 25 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>As for those dates, when I first started collecting Byzantines a couple years back, the Greek 5 and 6 often confused me. Here is a cheat I use:</p><p><br /></p><p>Regnal year μ - Greek 5</p><p><br /></p><p>Regnal year ς - Greek 6</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes they are still hard to tell apart, at least for me. As Furryfrog notes, yours is: Regnal year ς II (8)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 6521229, member: 85693"]Welcome to Coin Talk! That's a nice Maurice Tiberius follis - here is one of mine: [ATTACH=full]1260801[/ATTACH] [B]Maurice Tiberius Æ Follis Year 7 (588-589 A.D.) Constantinople Mint[/B] DN MAVRIC TIBER PP AVG, Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding cross on globe & shield / Large M, ANNO left, cross above, ς I year right, Officina A below; CON in ex. SB 494; MIB 65d-67d. (11.09 grams / 27 x 25 mm) As for those dates, when I first started collecting Byzantines a couple years back, the Greek 5 and 6 often confused me. Here is a cheat I use: Regnal year μ - Greek 5 Regnal year ς - Greek 6 Sometimes they are still hard to tell apart, at least for me. As Furryfrog notes, yours is: Regnal year ς II (8)[/QUOTE]
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