HELVETICA'S IDENTIFICATION HELP PAGE
| Emperor name | Years | Coin sizes | Examples (usually within wreath) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEXIUS | 1092 - 1118 | AE Tetarteron |  |
| ANASTASIUS (also his coinage by the Vandals) |
April 491 - July 518 AD | AE4 |  |
| ANASTASIUS II | 713-715 AD | AE4 |  |
| ANTHEMIUS | March 467 - June 472 AD | AE4 |  |
| ATHALARIC (Ostrogoths) | 526-527 AD | AE, AR, AV |  |
| ATHALARIC (Ostrogoths) | 526-527 AD | AE: Justinian on obv. |  |
| BADUILA, King of Ostrogoths | 541-552 AD | AR and AE |  |
| BASIL II | 976-1025 AD | Byzantine (also used No. 55 of John I) |  |
| BASILISCUS, BASILISCUS & MARCUS JOINT REIGN | Jan 475 - Aug 476 AD | AE4 |  |
| CONSTANS II | 641-668 AD | Var. Byzantines |  |
| CONSTANTINE IV | 668-685 AD | Var. Byzantines (also used monogram 35 of Constans II) |  |
| CONSTANTINE VII & ROMANUS I | 913-959 AD | Var. Byzantines |  |
| GELIMER (Vandals) | 530-533 AD | AE & AR |  |
| GUNDOBAD (Burgundian and Franks, in the name of Zeno) | After 451 AD | AE4 |  |
| HERACLIUS | 610-641 AD | Var. Byzantines |  |
| JOHN I Tzimisces | 969-976 AD | Var. Byzantines |  |
| JOHN III | 1222-1254 AD | Var. Byzantines |  |
| JULIUS NEPOS | June 474 - Aug 475 AD | AE3 |  |
| JUSTIN II | 565-578 AD | Var. Byzantines |  |
| JUSTINIAN I (also his coinage by the Vandals) |
527-565 AD | Var. Byzantines |  |
| JUSTINIAN II | 685-695 and 705-711 AD | Var. Byzantines |  |
| LEO I (also his coinage by the Vandals) |
Feb 457 - Jan 474 AD | AE4 |  |
| LEO III | 717-741 AD | AE4 |  |
| LEONTIUS | 695-698 AD | AE4 |  |
| LIBIUS SEVERUS | Nov 461 - Sept 465 AD | AE4 |  |
| LOMBARDS | From 712 AD | EL, AR, etc all from BMC Vandals |  |
| LONGOBARDI (early: struck for Justinian, Justin and Maurice Tiberius; later: Lombard kings) |
527 - 870 AD | AE, AR, AV |  |
| MANUEL I | 1230-1237 AD | Var. Byzantines |  |
| MARCIAN (also his coinage by the Vandals) |
Aug 450 - Jan 457 AD | AE4 |  |
| MATASUNTHA, wife of Witigis, Ostrogoths | 536-540 AD | Half-Siliqua (with "S"), AE (with "K") |
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| MAURICE TIBERIUS | 582-602 AD | Var. Byzantines |  |
| MULTIPLE EMPERORS | 641-780 AD | Used on Byzantines of Constans II, Constantine IV, Anastasius II, Leo III & Const. V |  |
| NICEPHORUS II | 963-969 AD | Var. Byzantines |  |
| ODOVACAR | 477 AD | AE4 |  |
| PALAEOLOGAN monogram | from 1282 AD | Late AE Byzantines |  |
| PHOCAS | 602-610 AD | AE Byzantines |  |
| RAVENNA, city of | late 5th-6th Century, Ostragoths | AE, AR, AV |  |
| ROMANUS I | 920-944 AD | AE Byzantines |  |
| ROMANUS II | 959-963 AD | AE Byzantines |  |
| THEODAHAD (Ostrogoths) (also with obv. of Justinian I | 534-536 AD | AE, AR, AV |  |
| THEODERIC (Ostrogoths) also used by Witigis and Baduila for Theoderic |
493 - 526 AD | AE, AR, AV |  |
| THEODOSIUS II (also his coinage by the Vandals) |
445 - 450 AD | AE3/AE4 |  |
| THEODOSIUS III | 715-717 AD | Var. Byzantines |  |
| TIBERIUS II CONSTANTINE | 578-582 AD | AE Byzantine |  |
| TIBERIUS III | 698-705 AD | AE Byzantine |  |
| ZENO (also his coinage by the Vandals) |
Nov 474 - Jan 475 AD | AE4 |  |
| ZENONSIS (Joint Reign with Basilicus) | Jan 475 - Aug 476 AD | AE4 |  |
| UNKNOWN | 6th C. AD | AE |  |
| VARIOUS VANDALS | 6th C. AD | AE & AR |  |
| VISIGOTHS IN SPAIN (1)
1-4: Toletum (Toledo), struck by Reccesvinthe (time of Chindasvinthe), Egica and Wittiza. 5: Reccesvinthe in Emerita; 6: ..in Hispalis; 7: ..uncertain town. 8: Wittiza in Bracara; 9: ..in Caesaraugusta; 10: ..in Cordoba; 11: ..in Ebora; 12: ..in Eliberris |
5-6th C. AD | AE |  |
| VISIGOTHS IN SPAIN (2)
1: Wittiza in Eliberris; 2: ..in Emerita; 3: ..in Gerunda; 4-7: ..in Hispalis; 8-9: ..in Mentesa; 10-11: ..in Narbo; 12: ..in Taracco; 13-14: ..in Toletum |
5-6th C. AD | AE |  |
| For the coins of the Vandals etc. whose monograms are added here, please see the BMC volume (downloadable PDF) of Coins of the Vandals from archive.org | |||
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