592-593 AD., Maurice Tiberius, Antiochia mint, Follis, Sear BC 533.
Maurice Tiberius, Antiochia mint, officina 3, 592-593 AD.,
Æ Follis (29-31 mm / 11,64 g), bronze, axes about coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 170°),
Obv.: δN mAuΓI - CN P AuT , his bust facing, wearing crown with trefoil ornament, and consular robes, holding mappa in right hand and eagle tipped scepter in left.
Rev.: large M between A / N / N / • and X / I (regnal year 11, 592-593 AD.), cross above, Greek officina numeral letter Γ (= 3) below, THЄUPs in exergue.
Sear BC 533 .
Following the devastating earthquake of 526 a cross appeared in the sky over Antioch. The city was thus renamed Theopolis - the City of God - in 528.