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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Byzantine Coins| > |Justinian Dynasty| > |Maurice Tiberius| > SH10979
Byzantine Empire, Maurice Tiberius, 13 August 582 - 22 November 602 A.D.
|Maurice| |Tiberius|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Maurice| |Tiberius,| |13| |August| |582| |-| |22| |November| |602| |A.D.|, "'Semissis' is the genitive form of the Latin noun 'semis', which means 'a half', and is commonly applied to the Roman gold (98%+ fine) half-solidus, first struck about 320 (the solidus appeared about 310). It weighed one-half of the normal solidus weight, or about 2.27 grams (theoretically 1/144 of a Roman pound). Although late Roman gold fractional coins were never very common, the semissis surprisingly was probably the least common of all. It was struck until well into Byzantine times (the last known are of Basil I (867-886)), although it still never played a principal part in the monetary system." - from Moneta Historical Research by Tom Schroer
SH10979. Gold semissis, DOC I 12bc, SBCV 486, gVF, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 2.142g, maximum diameter 18.3mm, die axis 180o, obverse D N MAVRI-CI P P AVC, pearl diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse VICTORI-A AVCC, angel advancing right, looking left, wreath in right hand, globus cruciger in left hand, CONOB in exergue; ex Colosseum Coin Exchange; SOLD











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