Maurice Tiberios (582–602)
Previous Editions
DO Seals 6 no. 9.5; Zacos–Veglery, no. 7d.
Obverse
The Mother of God standing, wearing a chiton and maphorion, and holding Christ before her. A large cross potent with an elongated vertical shaft at left and right. Border of dots.
Reverse
Bust of Maurice Tiberios wearing a crown with a cross on top, a circular decoration in front, and pendilia, and a chlamys. A circular inscription beginning at left. Border of thick dots.
D(ominus) n(oster) Maur(i)c(ius) [Ti]b(erius) p(er)p(etuus) [aug(ustus)].
Dominus noster Mauricius Tiberius perpetuus augustus.
Our lord Maurice Tiberios, eternal augustus.
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Commentary:
Maurice Tiberios’s seals continue the divergence from the design of coins noted first in the reign of Tiberios Constantine, with the Mother of God on the former and Winged Victory on the latter. Among both seals and coins are preserved examples in which the emperor’s name is read “Mauricius Tiberius” and “Tiberius Mauricius.”
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