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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 8350903, member: 85693"]Very nice, [USER=110226]@robinjojo[/USER] - I really like folles of this era and you got some handsome ones there. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are two Maurice Tiberius folles from Antioch:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1481619[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Maurice Tiberius Æ Follis</b></p><p><b>Year 8 (589-590 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Antioch (Theopolis) Mint</b></p><p>Garbled legend, crowned, mantled bust facing, holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre / large m, ANNO left, III/Ⴏ right, cross above, ƮHЄႯP´ in exergue </p><p>SB 532; MIB 95.</p><p>(12.29 grams / 29 mm)</p><p>eBay Oct. 2021 </p><p><b>Notes: </b>Full garbled obverse legend: ΠITNTLIΩ NTΛTA(P retrograde)VЄ</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a slightly later one, with a somewhat less blundered legend: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1481620[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Maurice Tiberius Æ Follis</b></p><p><b>Year 16 (597-598 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Antioch (Theopolis) Mint</b></p><p>DN MA[V G I CN] P AVT (should be G), crowned, mantled bust facing, holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre / Large M, ANNO left, cross above, X/μI right, Γ below, THEUP´ in ex.</p><p>SB 533; DO 168b.</p><p>(10.86 grams / 27 mm)</p><p>A-Z Nov. 2, 2019 </p><p><br /></p><p>The only photo of a Nicomedia Phocas I could find was this half follis:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1481623[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Phocas Æ Half Follis</b></p><p><b>Year 2 (603-604 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Nicomedia Mint</b></p><p>[DN FOCAS] PERP AVG, crowned, mantled bust facing, holding mappa and cross / XX, cross above, regnal year II right; mintmark NIKOB in exergue.</p><p>SB 663; MIB 731-b.</p><p>(5.69 grams / 20 mm)</p><p>eBay July 2018[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 8350903, member: 85693"]Very nice, [USER=110226]@robinjojo[/USER] - I really like folles of this era and you got some handsome ones there. Here are two Maurice Tiberius folles from Antioch: [ATTACH=full]1481619[/ATTACH] [B]Maurice Tiberius Æ Follis Year 8 (589-590 A.D.) Antioch (Theopolis) Mint[/B] Garbled legend, crowned, mantled bust facing, holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre / large m, ANNO left, III/Ⴏ right, cross above, ƮHЄႯP´ in exergue SB 532; MIB 95. (12.29 grams / 29 mm) eBay Oct. 2021 [B]Notes: [/B]Full garbled obverse legend: ΠITNTLIΩ NTΛTA(P retrograde)VЄ Here's a slightly later one, with a somewhat less blundered legend: [ATTACH=full]1481620[/ATTACH] [B]Maurice Tiberius Æ Follis Year 16 (597-598 A.D.) Antioch (Theopolis) Mint[/B] DN MA[V G I CN] P AVT (should be G), crowned, mantled bust facing, holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre / Large M, ANNO left, cross above, X/μI right, Γ below, THEUP´ in ex. SB 533; DO 168b. (10.86 grams / 27 mm) A-Z Nov. 2, 2019 The only photo of a Nicomedia Phocas I could find was this half follis: [ATTACH=full]1481623[/ATTACH] [B]Phocas Æ Half Follis Year 2 (603-604 A.D.) Nicomedia Mint[/B] [DN FOCAS] PERP AVG, crowned, mantled bust facing, holding mappa and cross / XX, cross above, regnal year II right; mintmark NIKOB in exergue. SB 663; MIB 731-b. (5.69 grams / 20 mm) eBay July 2018[/QUOTE]
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