Byzantine Inscription [solved]

I have a Byzantine follis of Maurice Tiberius, Sear 533. The obverse inscription reads D N MAU ΓI/I CN P AUT . The DN is of course Dominus Noster, Our Lord, but the part after MAUrice isn't so obvious. Does anyone know what the rest is, in fully spelled out Latin and also in English? Is there a good online source for looking this sort of thing up? Thanks--

I tried researching to help but couldn't find much. Is this your coin?

https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/marc_breitsprecher_classical_numismatist/8/product/sear_533_byzantine_empire_maurice_tiberius_ad_582602_aelig_follis/1306724/Default.aspx

If so, maybe its better as you can see more on the obverse.

Quote: "teutonic_metal"​I tried researching to help but couldn't find much. Is this your coin?
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​If so, maybe its better as you can see more on the obverse.

​I did too but gave up. There is no substitute for providing photos of the coins you are asking about. Otherwise everybody is just guessing. Thanks for trying.

Attached is a photo of the obverse and reverse. As I closely examine the obverse inscription, mine has an MAUT/I where Sear has MAU(gamma)/I in the middle. It would make sense that this is an abbreviation for Maurice Tiberius, and Sear may have miss-read his coin seeing a gamma instead of a T if it were in poorer condition. I also note that some Maurice Tiberius coins have CONSTANT in the obverse title for CONSTANTINUS, perhaps that is what the CN on my coin stands for. Finally, is the lone P on my coin a shortened version of P P? Is AUT for Augustus or something like autokrator? Any thoughts appreciated--Thanks

Weight and diameter would help but this should help you zero in on exactly what you have.



https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces153004.html

26 mm, 10.85 g, seems typical for a follis of M. T.

The images and links everyone provided seem to suggest gamma or G after MAU, but I think there is enough of a left tail on mine to call it a T. MAU TI would make more sense than MAU ΓI. Do you think P is an ultra shorted Pater Patria? AUT as Augustus or Autokrat? This seems to be an unusual legend format and all I know about Latin is the standard forms and formulations found on typical coins, whether they be Roman, Byzantine, or Medieval.

Hi i found this on page 67 of Philip Grierson's book Byzantine Coins.
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One must assume some radical change in the personnel of the
mint, possibly resulting from illiterate workmen having to be taken on after an outbreak of
plague which swept over the eastern provinces of the Empire in 560.
The
inscriptions continue to be a blundered jumble of letters, as under Justinian. The persistence
of this feature under Tiberius II, whose main type, at Antioch as elsewhere, is a consular
bust, led Wroth into great confusion over the distinction between his coins and those of
Maurice, for during the first eight years of Maurice there is little difference between the
blundered version of the name of the two rulers. Other criteria are consequently necessary to
distinguish between them, the best being the ornament on the crown, that of Tiberius [ 144]
having a cross (Regnal Years 4-8) and that of Maurice [146, 148] a trefoil (Regnal Years
1-8). In Maurice's Year 8 the inscription was somewhat improved, and though not correct
(DNmAVRI GNPAVT, presumably intended for DNMAV TIb PPAVC or DNMAVRI
TIb PAVC) did at least remain consistent for the remainder of the reign. Pentanummia of the
three emperors continued to have on the obverse a monogram and on the reverse a mark of
value, initially an C, subsequently (Tiberius II, first year of Maurice) a 4, later an C again.
The joint monogram of Justin II and Sophia is the same as that of the other eastern mints,

Yes, I think this Blundered Legend explanation is very good. I see how legend I have from year 20 is mostly like the first proper legend that you mention, but also has the earlier blundered carry-over from year 8 with GN for BP. Thank you very much for finding this, I do not have the resources to track this down on my own.