Lot 404
Byzantine Empire. Maurice Tiberius with Constantina and Theodosius. follis or 40 nummi (14.73g), Cherson, 596-602. CErcwNOC, Maurice and the Empress Constantina, both nimbate, stg. facing side by side, the emperor holding gl. cr., the empress cruciform scepter. Rev. Large M with cross above, to l. of which stands Theodosius facing, nimbate, holding P-headed cross. DOC 297; MIB 159; Anokhin 315; Sear 603. Nearly Extremely Fine with chocolate brown patina, very rare.
An alternative attribution for these anonymous types is the reign of Justin II (565-578), in which case the empress depicted would be Sophia and the figure on reverse Tiberius II Constantine who was created Caesar in 574.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500.
Triton VIII (2005), lot 1327; ex Malcolm Heckman Coll.; ex Berk-England Byzantine Sale (7 Dec. 1989), lot 78, The Christov Family Collection.
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