Follis
31-50-384
From: Israel | Beth Shean
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 31-50-384 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Byzantine |
| Provenience | Israel | Beth Shean |
| Archaeology Area | CN 270, monastery, Room H |
| Manufacture Location | Antioch (Syria or Turkey?) |
| Creator | Tiberius Constantine |
| Locus | C.N. 270, monastery, Room H |
| Period | Tiberius Constantine |
| Date Made | 578-582 CE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Iconography | Tiberius II | Consular Robe | Mappa | Eagle Scepter |
| Description | Fitzgerald: "Tiberius Constantine, 578-82 AD (Antioch), d. 31 mm. TINTNOS NATAT AVG. Bust facing, wearing consular robes; holds mappa in right and eagle-tipped sceptre in left. Rev.: Large m surmounted by a cross, on left ANNO, on right III. In exergue Theup[olis]." Newell: Byzantine “Antioch, Tiberius Constantine, 578-82 AD Obverse: ANTNOC(??)NATAT AVG. Bust of Tiberius II facing; wears consular robes, holds mappa in r. and eagle-tipped sceptre in l. Reverse: Large M, surmounted by a cross. On l., ANNO; on r., III. In the exergue, THEUPS." |
| Outside Diameter | 3.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1931 |
| Other Number | 30-10-307 - Field No SF |
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