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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 24590125, member: 128351&quot;]Very difficult !!!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1561667[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Maurice Tiberius, 8 pentanummia,&nbsp; AE26, 7,18 g, 6 h. Cherson (today Sebastopol), 584-602.</p><p>Obv.: <b>d</b> <font size="6">n m</font>[…]<b>PPAV</b>, emperor and empress standing facing on podium</p><p>Rev: their son Theodosius standing facing, holding long cross, to r. large <b>H</b>, <b>†</b> above.</p><p>DOC Maurice 303.2</p><p><br /></p><p>Not my coin, but I used to study it... </p><p>It is a follis, but in Cherson the mark of value is not in <i>nummia</i>, it was in <i>pentanummia</i> (coins of 5 <i>nummia</i>). Thus they write H (8), while other mints may write M (40). </p><p><br /></p><p>This ancient Cherson is not the city of the same name we know today. Byzantine Cherson is now Sebastopol, in Crimea. The modern Cherson, famous for having been invaded by the Russians and retaken by the Ukrainians, is on the Dniepr river, 234 km North of Sebastopol. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1561668[/ATTACH]</p><p>(Métro station Réaumur-Sébastopol in Paris)</p><p><br /></p><p>Next : another Métro station, this one:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1561669[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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