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Tremissis - Mauricius Tiberius
| Issuer | Byzantine Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 582-602 |
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| Currency | First Solidus Nomisma (498-720) |
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| Obverse lettering | D N TIbE RI PP AVG (Translation: Dominus Noster (our lord) TibErius Rex Imperator (emperor king) PATER PATRIAE (father of our country) AVGustus (ruler)) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Maurice Tiberius came to power in 582 following the death of Tiberius II Constantine, inheriting a treasury depleted by war on two fronts — Persians in the east, Avars and Slavs pressing hard along the Danube. His reign ended when Phocas led a military mutiny in 602, triggered in part by Maurice's order that troops winter beyond the Danube rather than return home — a cost-cutting measure that cost him his throne and his life.
The tremissis, worth one-third of a solidus, circulated primarily in contexts where the full solidus was too large a denomination for everyday transactions. DOC I#14 places this type firmly within Constantinople's output.