Description: Maurice Tiberius (582 - 602 AD). AE Pentanummium, Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. Monogram of Maurice Tiberius / Large Ч, cross above.

Diameter: AE12 mm

Weight: 0,56 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: SB 539

Commentary: rare; brown patina with some deposits, pitting on obverse

History: Byzantine monograms were some kind of heraldic, non-pictorial identification and the form of cross incorporates the Christian symbolism into it.

Article Number: 040-01-04-44531