BYZANTINE THEOUPOLIS ANTIOCH TIBERIUS II CONSTANTINE RY7 580AD AE 1/2 FOLLIS VAR

Description: BYZANTINE THEOUPOLIS ANTIOCH TIBERIUS II CONSTANTINE RY7 580AD (ONLY YEAR THIS TYPE WAS STRUCK)AE 1/2 FOLLIS VARIETY OF S451A WITH e BELOW (LIKE S450); LEGEND BLUNDERED (WHICH IS NORMAL FOR THIS TYPE)NOTE TIBERIUS II HOLDS MAPPA INSTEAD OF NORMAL GLOBUS CRUCIGERNOTE THAT IN THEOPOULIS THE U STOOD FOR 6 MAKING UI EQUAL TO RY7CLEAR VF CENTERED STRIKE AND RARE AS SUCHFREE SHIPPING NO RETURNS Tiberius was born in Thrace in 535 and held public offices before becoming friends with the future emperor, Justin II. He attended his coronation in 566 and stayed close. When Justin had a mental breakdown in 574, Sophia turned to Tiberius to manage the empire, elevating him to Caesar. When Justin died in 578, Tiberius became emperor, reigning until 582, when he died from poorly prepared or poisoned food. The Mappa, or Mappa Mundi (chart of the World) was any medieval map of holdings of an Empire.In 526 a terrible earthquake destroyed Antioch, and Justinian rebuilt it and named it Theopolis or ‘City of God’. In 538, the Persians sacked the new city but lost it back to the Byzantines who lost it to the Arabs in 637. It was recovered by the Byzantines under Nicephorus II in 969 but was re-conquered by the Seljuk Turks in 1084. Crusaders staged the Siege of Antioch in 1098 and the city became a battleground for the Crusades until the Mongols captured most of Syria in 1260. Bohemund retained Antioch and the County of Tripoli for a while but Antioch (Theopolis) did not survive. Important events in the year 580 AD: Roman Senate gifts Tiberius II with 3000 pounds of gold and a request for help to fight the Lombards; Bayan I led Avars to invade Lower Danube; Ostrogoths driven out of Italy; King Liuvigild tries to unify Christians in Visigothic Kingdom; Aethelberht becomes king of Kent; Yang Jian razes Chinese City of Ye to ground; Births: Pepin the Elder, Cadfan ap lago, King of Gwynedd, Clemen ap Bledric, King of Dumnonia, Eudokia, Byzantine Empress; Deaths: Bacorius III King of Iberia, Eormenric King of Kent, Galam Cennalath King of Picts, Xuan Di Emperor of Northern ZhouOTHER COINS DATED 580 AD PER MY RESEARCH: SASANIAN HORMIZD IV RY2 MINTS AHM, APL, ART, AW, BN, DL, LAM, MY, NAL, NY, SK, ST, SY, YZ BYZANTINE TIBERIUS II CONSTANTINE RY7 CONSTANTINOPLE FOLLIS THESSALONICA ½ FOLLIS NICOMEDIA FOLLIS

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