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COIN
Unique ID: FASAM-AA8553
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy Byzantine follis of Maurice Tiberius (AD 582-602). Mint of Antioch, AD 584/5)
Obverse: [ ... ]; Traces of facing bust
Reverse: Large m; above, (cross); to left, (ANNO); to right, III (regnal year III = AD 584/5)
Mintmark: [ ... ]
MIBE II, cf. nos. 95Aa / 95Ab
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Ipswich Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by a museum - not a Treasure case
Chronology
Broad period: BYZANTINE
Period from: BYZANTINE
Period to: BYZANTINE
Date from: Exactly AD 584
Date to: Exactly AD 585
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 8.53 g
Diameter: 26.67 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2011 - Monday 31st December 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: RLM 036 1228
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: copper Follis (40 nummi)
Ruler/issuer: Maurice (emperor)
Mint or issue place: Antioch
Obverse description: Traces of facing bust
Obverse inscription: [ .. ]
Reverse description: Large m; above, (cross); to left, (ANNO); to right, III (regnal year 3 = AD 584/5); Mintmark [ ... ]
Coin references
- MIBE : II, cf. nos. 95Aa / 95Ab
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Near Woodbridge
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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