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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 2909310, member: 44210&quot;]An old acquisition, but a special one for me and my niche of Byzantine Italian coins. The vast majority of Byzantine Italian coins that are available for me on a budget are usually the little penta- and decanummi, but I&#039;m glad to say I&#039;ve acquired one of the (relatively) larger half-folles. I have another of this type but smaller and in much poorer condition. This one is of the emperor Tiberius II Constantine, and is from Rome mint. Italy during the Early Middle Ages was an economic backwater and so the need for coinage wasn&#039;t so great, causing Byzantine issues from there to be scarcer/rarer than from other regions in the empire.There is a small theory that this half-follis type was actually produced by a military mint in Italy or in the vicinity of Rome (my guess is by a Byzantine army fighting the Lombards), but there is so little about this online that, until I find more concrete evidence on this, I will continue to regard this one as being made by the mint in Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p>More info: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius_II_Constantine" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius_II_Constantine" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius_II_Constantine</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Tiberius II Constantine</u>, Byzantine Empire</b></p><p>AE half-follis</p><p><b>Obv</b>: Dm TIb CONSTANT PP A, crowned, cuirassed bust facing, holding cross on globe and shield</p><p><b>Rev</b>: Large X-dot-X, cross above</p><p><b>Mint</b>: Rome</p><p><b>Mintmark</b>: ROM</p><p><b>Date</b>: 574-582 AD</p><p><b>Ref</b>: SB 476</p><p>(description info from Wildwinds)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]702171[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to share your Tiberius Constantine coins or anything else relevant.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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