596-597 AD., Maurice Tiberius, Antiochia mint, Follis, Sear BC 533.
Maurice Tiberius, Antiochia mint, officina 3, 596-597 AD.,
Æ Follis (27-28 mm / 11,72 g), bronze, axes about coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 160°), varnished,
Obv.: δ N mAUΓI - [C N 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 / u (regnal year 15, 596-597 AD.), cross above, Greek officina numeral letter Γ (= 3) below, THЄUP´ 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.