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MAURICIUS TIBERIUS, 582-602
Undetermined Mint
Solidus 585/586, undetermined mint. Indiction year IΔ.
Obv. DN mAVRI - CTP PAN IΔ Helmeted, cuirassed bust facing. Globus cruciger in r. hand. The plumed helmet is very elaborate with pendilia, diadem, decoration and jewel.
Rev. VICTORIA – AVGCC IΔ Angel standing facing, holding staff with staurogram in r. hand, globus cruciger in l. hand. COMOB in exergue.
Sear -. DOC -. MIB -.
4.45 g. Of highest rarity and unpublished of excellent style on a wide planchet. Some die rust. Otherwise uncirculated.
Ex Sotheby’s 5.10.1988, no. 1008 and ex Michael O’Hara Collection and ex Auction Münzzentrum 69, 1990. Lot 604.
According to Münzzentrum the coin was found in the vicinity of Palmyra.
Coins with indictional years are known from the mints of Carthage and Ravenna. I know of no coins issued by Mauricius Tiberius with the letters COMOB in the exergue. Such pieces always refered to a western mint. Perhaps it is a very good copy of a skilled artisan working for a mint outside of the Byzantine realm. However no such mints are known in the East. But coins do travel.
Undetermined Mint
Solidus 585/586, undetermined mint. Indiction year IΔ.
Obv. DN mAVRI - CTP PAN IΔ Helmeted, cuirassed bust facing. Globus cruciger in r. hand. The plumed helmet is very elaborate with pendilia, diadem, decoration and jewel.
Rev. VICTORIA – AVGCC IΔ Angel standing facing, holding staff with staurogram in r. hand, globus cruciger in l. hand. COMOB in exergue.
Sear -. DOC -. MIB -.
4.45 g. Of highest rarity and unpublished of excellent style on a wide planchet. Some die rust. Otherwise uncirculated.
Ex Sotheby’s 5.10.1988, no. 1008 and ex Michael O’Hara Collection and ex Auction Münzzentrum 69, 1990. Lot 604.
According to Münzzentrum the coin was found in the vicinity of Palmyra.
Coins with indictional years are known from the mints of Carthage and Ravenna. I know of no coins issued by Mauricius Tiberius with the letters COMOB in the exergue. Such pieces always refered to a western mint. Perhaps it is a very good copy of a skilled artisan working for a mint outside of the Byzantine realm. However no such mints are known in the East. But coins do travel.