Description: Maurice Tiberius (582 - 602 AD). AE Pentanummium (Nicomedia?). Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust left, holding sceptre / Large Є, Ч(?) to right.

Diameter: AE14 mm

Weight: 1,74 g

Grade: F/aVF

Attribution: DOC 118; MIBE 83; SB 516

Commentary: crude Nicomedian style, heavy grey-greenish patina

History: Maurice Tiberius was most probably the first native Greek speaker becoming the Roman emperor.

Article Number: 063-03-02-43702