AE Decanummium 3.10g. 18mm. Year 5 (586/7 A.D.) Constantinople Mint
Bust facing, wearing crown with trefoil ornament, holding mappa and sceptre; blundered legend around.
PTINOC TIANTARRIV
Large X, cross above; A/N/N/O and U flanking; R below.
SB 536
Attractive black patina with reddish earthen fill.
Typical light roughness.
This type shares its legend with coins of the same denomination of Tiberius II; the two emperors can only be differentiated by their crown on these examples.
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