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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 3698309, member: 84744&quot;]The globus cruciger isn&#039;t right for Tib II, but CNG did sell <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3752279" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3752279" rel="nofollow">this unusual coin</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/30/3702/3752279.m.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">Tiberius II Constantine. 578-582. Æ 40 Nummi – Follis (28mm, 11.87 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Dated RY 5 (578/9). Crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes and holding globus cruciger and eagle-tipped scepter; small cross(?) to upper right / Large m; cross above, A/N/N/O Ч (date) across field; CON. DOC –; MIBE 24 var. (obv. bust type and regnal year); SB 429 var. (same). VF, dark green to black patina with earthen highlights/deposits. Very rare with an unusual flan.</font></p><p><font size="3">This bust type with the emperor holding a globus cruciger is not published (he usually holds a mappa), and regnal year 5 is also not listed in the standard references.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Quite the puzzle!&nbsp; I&#039;m still inclined to think it&#039;s an engraving error on a coin issued under Maurice.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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