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Maurice Tiberius Gold Solidus

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 Posted 08/18/2017  2:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add orfew to your friends list
Sorry @echizento, the only thing I have is the SB number. It is 478. I will know much more once I measure it and weigh it. Unfortunately this information was not included in the listing.
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 Posted 08/18/2017  2:57 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kamnaskires to your friends list
Lovely coin, Andrew. Congrats on the auction win!

I need to confirm this with Frank, but based upon the results list it looks like I snagged a late Parthian tet (lot 124) in the auction...definitely a modest coin, with some flaws, but I'll be happy to own it, and at a very good price.

I have no Byzantines to add to this thread, unfortunately. My only-ever Byzantine, a Justinian follis, was gifted to the son of a friend years ago.
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 Posted 08/18/2017  3:00 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Finn235 to your friends list
Super coin!

I briefly owned a Maurice half-follis. Sold it a few months ago in a mass purge of lot bycatch.
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 Posted 08/18/2017  7:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add orfew to your friends list
Congrats on your win Bob.

Thanks to all for the positive comments.
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 Posted 08/18/2017  7:13 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echizento to your friends list
Not gold, but one of mine.

AE Folles
Maurice Tiberius
dN mAVRic Tibe P P A
Large M Cross above
ANNO 5
A Officinae
KYZ Cyzicus mint
26mm x 10.2g x 7h
SB-518
The K is mushed so it almost looks like a B



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 Posted 08/18/2017  7:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DavidUK to your friends list
Well since you said "Any Byzantine coins at all" I will post one from a bit later on a Leo the Wise coin, my other two Byzantines were posted on the walking back thread...

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I am not sure that that patina is natural, it was only after buying this that I became aware that some sellers apply things to make the coin contrast. In truth I prefer the kind of greenish finish of Ron's which my Justin and Sophie follis shares.
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 Posted 08/18/2017  7:51 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echizento to your friends list
Beautiful Leo VI David, wise mine looked as nice.
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 Posted 08/18/2017  7:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DavidUK to your friends list
Yours is a good honest coin, has its identifying marks and is a good exemplar of its type.
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 Posted 08/18/2017  8:05 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echizento to your friends list
I have quite a few Byzantine coins, but I'll only post one or two more.

Here is a Leo V Follis.
813-820 AD
Facing bust of Leo
Facing bust of Constantine
Syracuse mint
18.2mm x 2.85g x 7h
SB-1636


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 Posted 08/18/2017  8:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add orfew to your friends list
Thanks to all for posting these interesting coins.
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Justin II Gold Solidus - 4.41g, 20mm
Justin II (Latin: Flavius Iustinus Iunior Augustus); c. 520 - 5 October 578) was Eastern Roman Emperor from 565 to 574. He was the husband of Sophia, nephew of Justinian I and the Empress Theodora, and was therefore a member of the Justinian Dynasty. His reign is marked by war with the Sassanid Empire and the loss of the greater part of Italy. He presented the Cross of Justin II to Saint Peter's, Rome. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_II

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 Posted 08/19/2017  07:58 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Spence to your friends list
That is a beautiful coin @TRS! Here is my Solidus from Phocas (Sear #618), cross-posted from our decades thread:


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 Posted 08/19/2017  09:03 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add antwerpen2306 to your friends list
Here is my solidus of 23 siliquae from Mauricius Tiberius
I think it is the same ;
obv : D N mAURTib P P AUC
REV : VICTORI A AUCCI CONOB
mint : Constantinopolis ; 4,12 gr , 21 mm , 6h .
On the reverse the angel has a staff with a staurogran in his right hand and a globus cruciger (globe with a cross)in his left hand .albert
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 Posted 08/19/2017  11:08 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Arkie to your friends list
Here is my John I anonymous follis.

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 Posted 08/23/2017  1:52 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add orfew to your friends list
The coin arrived today. It is in much better condition than the photo suggests.


The updated attribution.

MAURICE, GOLD Solidus,
(21.16 mm 4.55 g)
Obv: Facg bust
Rev: Angel stg, VICTORIA AVGGB; EF, not badly struck with only minor crudeness, sharp portrait details. 
Sb 478,
Frank Robinson Auctions August 15 2017 Lot 443

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