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                                Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1334. Closing Date: Jan 
                                10, 2005. TIBERIUS II CONSTANTINE. 578-582 AD. Ć 
                                Half Follis (9.45 gm, 12h). Constantinople mint. 
                                Struck 578/9 AD. Estimate $200 Sold For $475 

                              TIBERIUS II CONSTANTINE. 578-582 AD. Ć Half Follis 
                              (9.45 gm, 12h). Constantinople mint. Struck 578/9 
                              AD. DM TIb CONSTANT PP AVG, diademed, helmeted, 
                              and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger 
                              and shield / Large XX; cross above; CON. DOC I -; 
                              MIB II 29; SB 435. Near EF, dark brown patina with 
                              earthen encrustation. ($200)

                              From the Malcolm W. Heckman Collection. Ex Waddell 
                              II (12 September 1987), lot 646.

                              The portraits on Tiberius' early half folles are 
                              strikingly different from those on his other 
                              bronzes. They clearly harken back to the early 
                              facing busts of Justinian, from the time of the 
                              great imperial re-conquest. Tiberius is treating 
                              the reign of Justin II as an interregnum, and 
                              implies that he will restore the Empire to its 
                              former glory.


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