Coin Item Number: 3095/761 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Byzantine coin of Maurice Tiberius, 582-602. Obverse: bust of Maurice Tiberius, facing front, in consular robes and crown with trefoil ornament; to left, he holds a mappa; to right, he holds an eagle-tipped sceptre; to left, inscription says ‘ИM’; to right, ‘NPAϤ’. Reverse: large ‘K’; to left, ‘ANNO’ in a vertical position; to right, ‘XX’; above, two crosses; beneath, ‘P’.

History Of Use

"Half-Follis" (denomination); DO# 193; Sear# 535.