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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Maurice Tiberius is common. That reverse type is common. Not sure about the regnal year.
Yours is nice and I would welcome it into my collection.
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Moderator
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Very nice well struck and centered coin. Seller is correct with Sear number. Congrats.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Very cool Byzantine! Most I've seen are poorly struck, worn, offcenter or corroded. This one is not as worn as normal, well centered, well stuck and not corroded!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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The centering and detail of the coin is what attracted me to it. I probably over paid for it but, I liked the coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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very cool IGE, neat reverse! I've had byzantine fever lately. only way to treat byzantine fever....coin incoming!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm buying more and more Byzantine coins, awesome coin,good details, very nice, another beauty... |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Maybe some one can school me on these type of coins, as I have none. I take it and correct me if I am wrong. ANNO is year? V+III is rg.yr. 8? R is the Mint? What does the legend translate too, "d m" TIU COTAN PP A? Is the XX Twenty years of the oath of office? Help a noob out...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Great Byzatine! Details are nice, well centered, and I like how you can see the sprues.  |
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Moderator
United States
23731 Posts |
In the early Byzantine period legends were a combination of Latin and Greek letters. The two large XX's were the denomination of the coin in this case 20 nummi or 1/2 follis. ANNO was indeed the year and what looks like a you is five and III is of course three. The regnal year 589-590. And just like Roman coins the letter in the exegrue is the mint mark. The obverse legends are a bit more complicated in the case of this coin this legend isn't seen all that often and I have not been able to find the entire translation. Here is what I believe it to read D-Lord M-Maurice TI- Tiberius U-? CONT? PP-Perpetual Emperor A-Augustus.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Thanks echizento for the translation. Something learned every day in this field.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yes ski-
Thanks for filling me in. Now I will go shopping for Byzantine coinage with a little education. I appreciate the detailed response.
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Moderator
United States
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Anoob, if you are going to get into Byzantine coins I recommend that you get a copy of David Sear's "Byzantine Coins and their values". The book is about $85 but well worth the cost.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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thats a great looking byzantine coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I second the recommendation of David Sear's "Byzantine Coins and their Values". It is virtually complete as a list and price guide, with very short biographies. Grierson's "Byzantine Coins" is an excellent scholarly book with 1527 coins well-illustrated (be careful, he wrote a pamphlet of the same title, and the pamphlet is not the big book of 407 pages I am discussing. It is very detailed and not aimed at beginners. "Byzantine Coins" by P.D. Whitting has 453 illustrations, some in color, and is aimed at collectors who might like to know more about Byzantine coins. It discusses lots of interesting features of Byzantine coins without being just a chronologically organized list. It moves from fascinating topic to fascinating topic. If you beginning to be interested in Byzantine coins, I would highly recommend the Whitting book. It is beautiful and very readable. I love the Grierson book, but it can wait until you are deep into Byzantine coins.
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