Live auction - bby_983030 - TIBERIUS II CONSTANTINE Follis

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bby_983030

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Type : Follis

Date: an 4

Mint name / Town : Nicomedia

Metal : copper

Diameter : 33,50 mm

Orientation dies : 7 h.

Weight : 12,47 g.

Rarity : R2

Officine: 1re

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier. Beau buste de l’empereur allongé. Joli revers. Patine marron foncé

Catalogue references :

BMC/B.68 - R.951 - Do.27 a1 - BN/B.- - BC.440 - MBR.34 - DMBR.6 /16 (300€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : (D M TIB CONS-T]VNT - P P AG.

Obverse description : Buste diadémé, couronné et cuirassé de face, tenant un globe crucigère de la main droite et un bouclier décoré de la main gauche.

Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Tiberius Constantinus Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Tibère Constantin perpétuel auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : A/N/N/O/ A/ II/II //NIKO.

Reverse description : Grande M surmontée d'une croisette.

Reverse translation : (an 4/ Nicomédie).

Commentary

Premier type du follis de Tibère II Constantin, frappé seulement en 578 (an 4) et ne sera pas repris l’année suivante. Pendilia aux extrémités bouletées. Cuirasse cloutée (3) et lignée. Le bouclier est orné d’un cavalier stylisé.