601-602 AD., Maurice Tiberius, Antiochia mint, Follis, Sear BC 533.
Maurice Tiberius, Antiochia mint, officina 3, 601-602 AD.,
Æ Follis (25-29 mm / 10,96 g), bronze, axes about coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 160°),
Obv.: δ N mAU[ΓI?] - 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 / X (regnal year 20, 601-602 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.