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COIN
Unique ID: FASAM-AACC0C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Fragment of a copper alloy Byzantine follis of Maurice Tiberius (AD 582-602), probably Mint of Constantinople, c. AD 585-601. (Only lower part of regnal year, II, remains and there are several permutations)
Obverse: [ ] - bERI PP A[ ]; Part of a facing helmeted bust
Reverse: Part of large m; to left, [ANNO]; to right, [ ]II;
Mintmark: [ ] // [ ](N?)
MIBE II, cf. no. 67D
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 585
Date to: Exactly AD 601
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.35 g
Diameter: 24 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013 - Wednesday 31st December 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: RLM 013 0859
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: copper Follis (40 nummi)
Ruler/issuer: Maurice (emperor)
Mint or issue place: Constantinople
Obverse description: Part of facing helmeted bust
Obverse inscription: [ ... ] - bERI PP A[ ]
Reverse description: Part of large m; to left, [ANNO]; to right, [ ]II; Mintmark [ ] //[ ](N?)
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Coin references
- MIBE : II cf. no. 67D
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.
References cited
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