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Just added this Byzantine piece to my slow growing collection of ancients. Really didn't plan on buying a coin this "new" but I liked the way it looked. Anyone know what a "regnal year" is? I've still got a lot to learn. This is the sellers description and photos.  Bronze half follis, DOC I 181, SBCV 534, Choice aVF, 5,680g, 23.1mm, 180o, Theopolis (Antioch) mint, 589 - 590 A.D.; obverse "d m" TIU COTAN PP A, bust facing, crown with trefoil ornament, consular robes, mappa in right, eagle tipped scepter in left; reverse large XX pellet between, cross above, ANNO downwards on left, III/U (regnal year 8) right, R below Edited by IndianGoldEagle
01/02/2013 1:03 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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A regnal year starts once any ruler assumes the throne. In this case, that coin would have been issued 8 years into Maurice Tiberius' reign.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thanks Gil-galad. Would this coin be considered common?
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Pillar of the Community
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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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Very nice well struck and centered coin. Seller is correct with Sear number. Congrats.
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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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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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very cool IGE, neat reverse! I've had byzantine fever lately. only way to treat byzantine fever....coin incoming!  |
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I'm buying more and more Byzantine coins, awesome coin,good details, very nice, another beauty... |
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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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Great Byzatine! Details are nice, well centered, and I like how you can see the sprues.  |
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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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Thanks echizento for the translation. Something learned every day in this field.
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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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