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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 1673246, member: 44210&quot;]Newest pickup and my first Byzantine coin purchase in over a year. Always liked the forward-facing bust coins and really wanted to add a nice one to my collection that was within my poor-man&#039;s budget. It&#039;s not in hand yet (these are seller&#039;s photos). This time around I don&#039;t think I&#039;ll be abandoning Byzantine coins for another year; I&#039;ve been eyeing some pretty nice ones lately <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a biography on Maurice Tiberius:<a href="http://www.unrv.com/bio/mauritius-tiberius.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.unrv.com/bio/mauritius-tiberius.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.unrv.com/bio/mauritius-tiberius.php</a> </p><p>(interesting tidbit: his murder helped set off a chain reaction that would lead to the last and most devastating of the Roman-Persian wars, making the area afterwards ripe for the picking for the later Muslim invaders)</p><p><br /></p><p><u><b>Maurice Tiberius</b></u> (582-602 AD)</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: <font size="5"><font size="2">Garbled legend, crowned and mantled bust facing, crown with trefoil pattern, holding mappa and eagle-tipped scept</font><font size="2">er</font></font></p><p>Rev: Large M (40 nummi), with ANNO left, cross above, and regnal year in right field, THEUP in ex, Theopolis (Antioch)</p><p>Sear 532</p><p>[ATTACH]249214.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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