Watch List notes:

Maurice Tiberius, 582-602. Half Follis (Bronze, 23 mm, 6.28 g, 6 h), Theoupolis (Antiochia), RY 9 = 590/1. [D m T]IЧ COTAN P P' Crowned facing bust of Maurice Tiberius, wearing crown surmounted by trefoil and consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped scepter. Rev. Large K between A/N/N/O and Ч/III; above, cross; below, R. DOC 183. MIB 99A-99C. SB 535. Struck slightly off center, otherwise, good very fine.


The mint of Theoupolis often confused the legends of Tiberius II Constantine and his successor Maurice Tiberius, and it is only through the regnal years and the crown that the two can be differentiated. Tiberius Constantine's crown is surmounted by a cross, the crown of Maurice by a trefoil.