Byzantine, Maurice Tiberius, AE follis (28 mm, 11.49 g), regnal year 3, c. AD 585-6, Kyzikos, second officina. His facing crowned and cuirassed bust holding globus cruciger and shield with horseman motif/large M (mark of denomination), officinal mark below, date to either side, cross above, mintmark in exergue.
Curiously the engraver here has treated the cross on the imperial crown as if it were a symbol in the legend ! It does not touch the crown.
about very fine, slightly tooled, dark patina.
Sear 518
ex-Adalbert Balvin (1891-1971) collection.
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