10. Tiberius II Constantine (578-582).
Eighty five coins, including six found together as part of “hoard A”, 11 as part of “hoard B” and one 10.3. as part of “hoard C” (see references and general Regnal year 5 notes). (579). Officina B.
D. O. 11b. 17.20 gms. Constantinople; 40 nummi. 030. 306.89. MIBEC 23b (578). OmTIbCON STANTPPAVC.
Armoured bust facing. M, regnal year (4) to left, officina letter beneath, CON below.
10.1.* Officina B. 10.4. D. O. (10). Regnal year 5 15.95 gms. (579). 150. Officina å. 433.94.1 D. O. 11d. 17.17 gms. 200. 763.02.
10.2. Officina ñ. D. O. - . 10.5. 14.03 gms. Regnal year 7 200. (580/81). 2 1745.12. Officina A. D. O. 13a. 12.47 gms. 180. 1043.06.
MIBEC 25 (579-582). dmTIbCON STANTPPAVI.
Consular bust facing. m, regnal year to right, CON followed by officina letter below.
97
MIBEC 25 (579-582).
10.9. Regnal year 7 (580/81). 10.6.* Officina å. Regnal year 7 D. O. 13d. (580/81). 12.40 gms.
Officina à. 000. D. O. 13c. 1961.13. 13.10 gms. 180. 1469.10.
10.10. 10.7. Regnal year 7 Regnal year 7 (580/81). (580/81). Officina ñ. Officina à. D. O. 13e. D. O. 13c. 12.83 gms. 12.76 gms. 010. 030. 1512.10. 1346.07.
10.8. 10.11. Regnal year 7 Regnal year 7 (580/81). (580/81). Officina ñ. Officina å.
D. O. 13d. D. O. 13e. 12.64 gms. 11.68 gms. 200. 180. 4 1746.12.3 1747.12.
98
MIBEC 25 (579-582).
10.15. Regnal year 8 10.12. (581/2). Regnal year 8 Officina ñ. (581/2). D. O. 14e. Officina ñ. 12.05 gms. D. O. 14e. 190. 12.84 gms. 764.02. 000. 1711.12.5
Constantinople; 30 nummi.
MIBE 27 (578-582). dmTIbCON STANTPPAVI.
Bust facing, wearing crown with cross and cuirass
and paludamentum.
XXX, CON followed by officina letter below.
10.13.
Regnal year 8
(581/2).
Officina ñ.
D. O. 14e. 10.16. 12.34 gms. Officina ñ. 190. 6 D. O. 15f. 1748.12. 13.25 gms. 200. 1749.12.7
10.14. Regnal year 8
(581/2).
Officina ñ.
D. O. 14e.
12.11 gms. 10.17. 180. Officina ñ. 1477.10. D. O. 15f. 11.64 gms. 020. 59.84.8
99
Constantinople; 20 nummi.
MIBEC 29-30 (578-582). dmTIbCON STANTPPAVI. 10.21. MIBEC 30. Armoured bust facing. Officina ñ. XX, CON , or CON followed by officina letter, D. O. (17e). below. 5.29 gms. 200. 9 1074.06.
10.18.* MIBEC 29/30. CON or Constantinople; 10 nummi. CONñ. 7.94 gms. MIBEC 31A (578-582). dmTIbCON STANTPPAVI. 180. 1506.10. Bust facing, wearing crown with cross and cuirass and paludamentum. X within border.
10.22.*
D. O. 20a. 10.19. 2.81 gms. MIBEC 30. 150. Officina A. 445.94. D. O. 17a. 6.13 gms. 030. 870.03. Constantinople; 5 nummi.
MIBEC 33A (578-582). dmTIbCONTAPP.
Profile bust right. u within border.
10.20. MIBEC 30. Officina B. 10.23.* D. O. 17b. D. O. 22.
6.02 gms. 2.26 gms. 180. 010. 880.03. 881.03.
100
Thessalonica; 20 nummi. Thessalonica; 10 nummi.
MIBEC 65 (578-582). dmTIbCON STANTPPAVI. MIBEC N65 (579-582). dmTIbCONSTANTPPAV.
Enthroned figures facing. Profile bust right. K, regnal year to right, TñS below. I, regnal year to right, TñS below.
10.24. 10.28. Regnal year 5 Regnal year 7 (579). (580/81).
D. O. 23. D. O. - . 6.22 gms. 2.28 gms. 180. 180. 1571.11. 993.05.
Nicomedia; 40 nummi.
MIBEC 34 (578). dmTIbCON STANTPPAVI.
10.25. Armoured bust facing. Regnal year 6 M, regnal year (4) to left, officina letter beneath, (579/80). NIKO below. D. O. 24. 5.59 gms.
180.
848.02.
10.29. Officina B. D. O. - . 14.39 gms. 190. 10.26. 10 Regnal year 6 1106.06. (579/80). D. O. 24. 5.53 gms. 180. 646.99.
10.27.* 10.30. Regnal year 7 Officina B. (580/81). D. O. - . D. O. 25. 13.22 gms. 6.26 gms. 190. 180. 359t.90. 1596.11.
101
MIBEC 35 (579-582). dmTIbCON STANTPPAVI.
Consular bust facing. m, regnal year to right, NIKO followed by officina 10.34. letter below. Regnal year 7 (580/81). Officina B. D. O. 30b. 12.16 gms. 210. 10.31. 1751.12.13 Regnal year 6 (579/80). Officina B. D. O. 29b. 16.44 gms. 180. 325.90.11
10.35.* Regnal year 8
(581/2). Officina A.
D. O. 31a.
12.71 gms.
200. 10.32. 177.87.14 Regnal year 7 (580/81). Officina A. D. O. 30a. 11.81 gms. 190. 1750.12.12
10.36. Regnal year 8 (581/2). Officina A.
D. O. 31a. 11.69 gms. 10.33.* 190. 15 Regnal year 7 1075.06. (580/81). Officina B. D. O. 30b. 12.95 gms. 200. 1338.07.
102
MIBEC 35 (579-582). Nicomedia; 20 nummi.
MIBEC 38 (578-582). dmTIbCON STANTPPAVI.
Armoured bust facing holding globus cruciger. 10.37.* XX, NIKO followed by officina letter below. Regnal year 8 (581/2). Officina B. D. O. 31b. 12.70 gms. 10.40. 200. Officina A. 1076.06.16 D. O. (33a).
6.77 gms. 200. 786.02.
10.38. Regnal year 8 (581/2). Officina B. 10.41. D. O. 31b. Officina A. 12.21 gms. D. O. (33a). 180. 5.24 gms. 1752.12.17 210. 813.02.
Nicomedia; 30 nummi.
MIBEC 36 (578-582). dmTIbCONS TANTPPAVI. 10.42. A Officina . D. O. (33a). Bust facing, wearing crown with cross and cuirass 5.09 gms. and paludamentum. 000. XXX, NIKO followed by officina letter below. 941.04.
10.39.* Officina B. D. O. (32b).
13.00 gms. 200. 12.83.
103
Nicomedia; 10 nummi. Cyzicus; 40 nummi.
MIBEC 39 (578-582). dmTIbCON STANTPP. MIBEC 41 (579-580). dmTIbCON STANTPPAVI.
Bust facing wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Consular bust facing. X within border. m, regnal year to right, KYZ followed by officina letter below.
10.43.* 3.62 gms. 200. 750.01. 10.47. Regnal year 5 (579). Officina A.
D. O. (34).
15.10 gms. 180. 2022.14.21 10.44.* 3.37 gms.
180. 1603.12.18
10.45. 3.19 gms. 180. 10.48. 19 171.87. Regnal year 6 (579/80).
Officina A. D. O. 35a. 18.16 gms. 000. 22 Nicomedia; 5 nummi. 621.99.
MIBEC 40 (578-582). dmTIb ANT (fragmentary).
Profile bust right. u within border.
10.46.*
D. O. 22. 0.99 gms.
000. 889.03.20
104
Cyzicus; 30 nummi. Antioch; 40 nummi.
MIBEC 42 (578-582). dmTIbCON STANTPPAVI. MIBEC 46 (578). dmTIbCON STANTPPAVI. Bust facing, wearing crown with cross and cuirass and paludamentum. Armoured bust facing. XXX , KYZ followed by officina letter below. M, regnal year (4) to right, officina letter beneath, tHñuP or tHñuP‹ below.
10.49.
Officina A.
D. O. 37a.
12.90 gms. 10.52.* 330. Officina à. 1466.09.23 D. O. (39b). 15.39 gms. 190. 1077.06.24
Cyzicus; 20 nummi.
MIBEC 43 (578-582). dmTIbCONS T( ). Armoured bust facing holding globus cruciger. XX, KYZ followed by officina letter below.
10.50. 10.53. Officina A. Officina à.
D. O. - . D. O. (39b).
6.99 gms. 14.80 gms. 030. 200. 294.89. 326.90.
Cyzicus; 5 nummi.
MIBEC 45 (578-582). DmTIb PPAVI. Profile bust right. U within border.
10.51.* 2.06 gms.
010. 881.03.
105
MIBEC 47a/b (579-582). dmTIbCON S TANTPPAVI (often blundered).
Consular bust facing wearing crown with cross or trefoil. 10.57. m, regnal year to right, tHñuP‹ below. MIBEC 47a (cross).
Regnal year 8 (581/2). D. O. 44. 10.54. 12.45 gms. MIBEC 47a 150. (cross). 95.85. Regnal year 5 (579). D. O. 40.
15.31 gms.
180. 1468.10.
10.58.* MIBEC 47a
(cross). Regnal year 8
(581/2).
D. O. 44.
12.36 gms. 10.55. 180. MIBEC 47a 1754.10.27 (cross). Regnal year 6 (579/80).
D. O. 41. 13.61 gms. 160. 1753.12.25
10.59. MIBEC 47b (trefoil). Regnal year 8 (581/2). D. O. - . 10.56. 11.09 gms. MIBEC 47a 180. 28 (cross). 1755.12. Regnal year 7 (580/81). D. O. 42. 12.45 gms. 180. 26 1078.06.
106
Antioch; 30 nummi.
MIBEC 48 (578-582). dmTIbCON STANTPP. Consular bust facing. 10.63.* XXX, tHñuP below. Regnal year 6 (579/80).
5.86 gms. 180. 1635.12.29
10.60. D. O. (45). 9.34 gms. 230. MIBEC 52 (580-581). 318a.92. dmTIbCON S TANTPPAVI (blundered).
Consular bust facing holding mappa and shield and wearing a dome-shaped crown surmounted by a cross.
Antioch; 20 nummi. XX, pellet between, regnal year (7) to right, R below. MIBEC 49 (578). dmTIbCON S TANTPPAV. Armoured bust facing. K, regnal year (4) to right, R below.
10.64. D. O. (48).
15.54 gms. 140. 10.61. 30 D. O. 46. 1415.08. 8.32 gms. 160. 153.87.
MIBEC 54 (578-582). dmTIbCON S TANTPPAVI (blundered).
Consular bust facing holding mappa and eagle- MIBEC - (578-580). Blundered Legend. tipped sceptre. XX, pellet between, regnal year to right, R below. Consular bust facing wearing crown with a flat top surmounted by a cross. XX, regnal year to right, R below.
10.65.* Regnal year 8 10.62.* (581/2). Regnal year 5 D. O. (49). (579). 6.79 gms.
6.32 gms. 190. 180. 354.90. 1523.10.
107
Antioch; 10 nummi. Alexandria; 12 nummi.
MIBEC 56 (578). MIBEC 62b, var. (578-582). dmCONS ( ). dmTIbCON TANTPPAVI (blundered). Profile bust right. Armoured bust facing. I B; cross with looped head on three steps I, regnal year (4) to right, tHñuP‹ below. between; AΛñz below.
10.69.* 10.66. D. O. 56, var. D. O. (50). 4.24 gms.
2.99 gms. 040. 180. 923.04. 234a.88.
Ravenna; 10 nummi. MIBEC 57 (579). dmTIbCON S TANTPPAVI (blundered). MIBEC 67 (578-582). DmTIbCO NSTPPAV.
Armoured facing bust. Armoured bust facing. X, regnal year (5) to right, R below. I between crosses, all within wreath.
10.67.* 10.70.* D. O. 51. D. O. 66. 3.13 gms. 3.00 gms. 180. 000. 144.09. 5.81.
Military issues.
MIBEC - (580-582). MIBEC 68a/b. dmTIbCON S TANTPPAVI (blundered). dmTIbCON S TANTPPAVI (blundered).
Consular bust facing. Consular bust facing holding eagle-tipped sceptre X, regnal year to right, à below. and mappa (MIBEC 68a) or cross (MIBEC 68b). m, date arrangement to right, CON below.
10.68.* Regnal year 7 (580/1). D. O - . 10.71.* 3.16 gms. MIBEC 68a. 180. CON; II. 31 2048.14. 9.97 gms.
000. 2061.14.
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10.72.* 10.75. MIBEC 68b. CONñ; 1. CON; u. 9.44 gms. 9.40 gms. 010. 180. 748.01.33 742.01.32
MIBEC 69. dmTIbCON S TANTPPAVI (blundered). MIBEC 70a. dmTIbCON S TANTPPAVI (blundered). Consular bust facing holding mappa and eagle- tipped sceptre. Consular bust facing holding mappa and eagle- tipped sceptre. m, date arrangement to right, CON followed by officina letter below. m, date arrangement to right, NIKO followed by officina letter below.
10.73.* 10.76. CONå; u. NIKOA; 1I.
12.09 gms. 13.58 gms. 190. 190. 604.97. 505.95.34
10.77. 10.74. NIKOA; 1I/I. 11.02 gms. CONå; u. 8.77 gms. 190. 35 180. 744.01. 582.96.
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MIBEC 70a.
10.81. 1I. 10.78. 7.86 gms. NIKOA; 1I/I. 180. 36 10.03 gms. 745.01. 190. 2012.14.
MIBEC 72a. dmTIbCON S TANTPPAVI (blundered).
MIBEC 71. Consular bust facing holding mappa and eagle- dmTIbCON S TANTPPAVI (blundered). tipped sceptre. m, date arrangement to right, tHñuP below. Consular bust facing holding mappa and eagle- tipped sceptre. m, date arrangement to right, KYZ below.
10.82. 1I. 9.75 gms. 10.79.* 180. 1I. 565.95.37 13.98 gms. 000. 2031.14.
10.83. 1I.
9.39 gms. 10.80. 330. 1I. 370.90. 10.18 gms.
010. 503.95.
110
MIBEC - . 10.6. The engraving of both the mappa and eagle- ( )TIOC NT( ). Legend blundered. tipped sceptre is unusually crude but I think the coin is regular. Consular bust facing holding mappa in right hand. 10.18. An intriguing coin which, at first sight, lacks XX, date arrangement (year 5; u) to right, any officina letter following the mint signature tñHuP below. CON. Closer inspection suggests a faint letter, possibly an ñ, although there are no other areas of flatness on the coin. One possibility is an altered die with the officina letter removed. It is interesting that MIBEC dates the CON issue to 10.84.* 582, preceding the coins with officina letters. This D. O. - . is indeed the logical sequence of issues and it 6.51 gms. seems safest to conclude that the coin here is, in 180. fact, MIBEC 30, probably dateable to 579-582. 884.03.38 Only one illustration of MIBEC 29 is available (the plate coin itself - from the Bridge collection) and there is no suggestion, from that coin, of a recut die. 10.22. This coin resembles MIBEC pl. 14, 44 which
Hahn gives to Cyzicus. The excellent style, though, MIBEC 73. dmTIbCONS TANTPPAVI. points to Constantinople.
10.23. D. O. Is of little help in attribution to a mint; Armoured bust facing holding globus cruciger and Nicomedia is possible here. shield. 10.27. The coin is possibly a contemporary copy – XX ROM , below. it is fairly crudely made. The date arrangement
(u/II) is quite clear, however. 10.33-34. Die-linked by obverse. 10.35-36. Die-linked by obverse. 10.85. 10.37-38. Die-linked by obverse. D. O. 61. 10.39. The obverse legend is largely off-flan. 4.51 gms. 10.43 and 10.45. The button-like eyes are 180. characteristic of Nicomedia. D. O. gives all the 627a.99. dekanummia to Constantinople. 10.44. The attribution is uncertain with the shape of the pendilia perhaps indicating Nicomedia; the shape of the head, though, is reminiscent of the style of the Cyzicus mint under Maurice. 10.46. The attribution to Nicomedia is tentative. REFERENCES AND GENERAL NOTES 10.51. Given to Cyzicus on the basis of the heavily striated reverse border. Tiberius II was proclaimed Emperor in September 10.52-53. Struck from the same obverse die. 578, just before the death of Justin II. His earliest 10.58. The style of the portrait is unusual; the NC coins are dated regnal year 4, deriving from his paper describes it as “good”. accession as Caesar in December 574. The 10.59. The ornament on the crown has the consular bust was introduced in January 579 after appearance of a trefoil – the major criterion for the beginning of the next regnal year (5). Coins distinguishing Antioch issues of Maurice from dated regnal year 6 (579/80), 7 (580/81) and 8 those (bearing a cross) of Tiberius II. Hahn (in (581/2) were issued by the four major eastern MIBEC, p. 41) identifies the coin as rare and mints. important although his subsequent comments are cryptic. Since this coin must belong to the reign of The pentanummia are anonymous, i.e., mint marks Tiberius, it is possible that that the change in are absent. D. O. (22) – in the section on portraiture was ordered during the final days of his Constantinople - makes tentative mint reign. attributions for several coins. 10.62-63. These are intriguing coins which, while of the normal consular type (the Emperor holds a 10.1-2. MIBEC 23b: Christogram above M. mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre) possess a style that is distinct from MIBEC 52-54 (regnal years 6-8)
111 which have a dome-shaped crown. By contrast, arrangement here is, similarly, u. The cross held in the flat-top crown shown here resembles both the Emperor’s right hand is unusual for a military MIBEC 49 (regnal year 4) and the anomalous, issue. See 12.47 for a coin of similar style with a undated, coin that is MIBEC 51a/D. O. 47. It seems legend in the name of Maurice. that MIBEC 51a should be expanded into a 10.73-74. Struck from the same obverse die. substantive coinage for years five and six and it 10.73-75. Like most of the military issues, the may be that D. O. 47 was an experimental striking. Imperial insignia seem to be crudely engraved I am grateful to Peter Donald for pointing out the compared to the prototypes. particular features of these coins. The further 10.79-81. The reverses were struck from the same comments are my own. die. The obverses of 10.79 and 10.81 were 10.63. The Imperial device above the crown is probably struck from the same obverse die unclear. The only part of the legend that is legible although it is difficult to be sure. Year 6 is also is to the right and reads CTS, unlike the garbled known for this type (Pecunem internet auction no. inscription on coins of the later years of Tiberius II 41, lot 944). and the early years of Maurice. The date 10.84. Military half folles for Tiberius II appear to arrangement (1) is more typical of Tiberius II. On be unknown. The mint mark is partially blundered coins of Maurice the date arrangement 1 occurs but the portrait style seems to conform to that of only rarely. the folles. 10.65. Attributed by D. O. and MIB to Maurice; see D. O. volume I, page 346, footnote to no. 100 (Maurice). While the trefoil is characteristic of 1 Coin Hoards, Numismatic Chronicle, 1995, pages Maurice, the date arrangement suggests that the 354-358, no. 70 (pl. 57, 68:70). proper attribution is to Tiberius. 2 Hoard B, Numismatic Chronicle 2013, no. 26. 10.67. The dekanummium counterpart of the half 3 Hoard B, Numismatic Chronicle 2013, no. 27. folles 10.62-63. Only regnal year 5 is noted in 4 Hoard B, Numismatic Chronicle 2013, no. 28. MIBEC. 5 Hoard C, Numismatic Chronicle 2013, no. 61. 10.68. 1I. MIBEC 60b lists regnal year 8 only 6 Hoard B, Numismatic Chronicle 2013, no. 29. (Bridge collection). 7 Hoard B, Numismatic Chronicle 2013, no. 30. 10.69. Neither MIBEC nor D. O. list this type for 8 Spink sale number 40, 6-7 December 1984, ex lot Tiberius II. The former gives a similar coin to 327. Maurice (VV106) on the basis of the obverse 9 Hoard A, Numismatic Chronicle 2013, no. 21. legend being retained after 582 and the depiction 10 Hoard A, Numismatic Chronicle 2013, no. 22. of a staurogram on Alexandrian gold coins of that 11 Baldwins, January 1990. Emperor (p. 55). See also 14.8. 12 Hoard B, Numismatic Chronicle 2013, no. 31. 10.70. MIBEC (p. 127) misdescribes the reverse of 13 Hoard B, Numismatic Chronicle 2013, no. 32. this type. 14 Donald, P. J. and Whitting, P. D., A VIIth Century Hoard from Cyprus, Numismatic Circular, June Military issues. 1977, 162-165, no. 4 (Paphos Hoard). 15 Hoard A, Numismatic Chronicle 2013, no. 23. Hahn (MIBEC pp. 42-43) discusses these issues 16 Hoard A, Numismatic Chronicle 2013, no. 24. only briefly while proposing, without substantial 17 Hoard B, Numismatic Chronicle 2013, no. 33. explanation, that the years given on the coins 18 W. Leimonstoll, March 2012. represent actual dates. He suggests that only the 19 Sotheby’s, 16 July 1987, ex lot 147. army possessed the administrative ability to 20 Mansfield, S. J., A hoard of twenty Byzantine provide a large scale coinage over the considerable copper coins, Numismatic Chronicle, 2003, pages area covered by the operations of the “military 354-355, no. 5. mint”. In practice, the supply of coinage was 21 Numismatik Lanz, April 2014; ex Dr H. undertaken by mint workers who accompanied the Voigtlaender collection. armies and the mint signatures probably represent 22 Baldwins, February 1999. little more than a convenient and familiar way of 23 Goldberg Auctions, California, 29-30 October marking the coins. Some issues may have been 2009, lot 386. The Goldberg sale material produced in the western part of the empire. These describes the coin as “ex Christov family interesting coins deserve greater study generally. collection”. There is a second ticket which implies that the coin is also ex CNG mail bid sale 55, 13 10.71-72. While of a similar iconographical type, September 2000, lot 165. these two coins are of quite distinct style. 24 Hoard A, Numismatic Chronicle 2013, no. 25. 10.72. The obverse is struck from the same die as 25 Hoard B, Numismatic Chronicle 2013, no. 34. MIBEC 68b and it seems likely that the date 112
26 Hoard A, Numismatic Chronicle 2013, no. 26. 27 Hoard B, Numismatic Chronicle 2013, no. 35. 28 Hoard B, Numismatic Chronicle 2013, no. 36. 29 The gift of P. J. Donald. 30 Agora Coins, Gorny and Mosch sale no. 170, October 2008, ex lot 3317/8/9. 31 Lanz Numismatik, July 2014; ex Dr H. Voightlaender collection. 32 Baldwins, November 2001. 33 Baldwins, November 2001. 34 MIBEC 70a plate coin. 35 Baldwins, November 2001. 36 Baldwins, November 2001. 37 Baldwins, November 1995. 38 Mansfield, S. J., A “Military” Half Follis of Tiberius II, Numismatic Circular, August 2003.
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