Obverse Image: Front facing portrait bust of Tiberius II Constantine wearing consular robes and holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre with a cross above him. Face is very worn and hard to make out, this may be an incorrect description.
Obverse Text: DmTIbCO / NTANTPPAV
Reverse Image: Large m with cross above and mint mark below.
Obverse Image: Right facing portrait bust of Tiberius II Constantine wearing consular robes. Face is very worn and hard to make out, this may be an incorrect description. This may actually be a coin of Mauricius Tiberius (582 - 602)
Obverse Text: N/A
Reverse Image: I B with cross in the middle above the mintmark
Obverse Image: Frontal Justin and Sophia seated on double throne, with feet on footstool, holding a globus cruciger and a cruciform scepter. Face is worn.
Obverse Text: DN / IVSTINVS / PP / A
Reverse Image: Large M with gamma below and christogram above.
Obverse Image: Front facing portrait bust of Tiberius II Constantine wearing consular robes and holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre with a cross above him. Face is very worn and hard to make out, this may be an incorrect description.
Obverse Text: DmTIbCO / NTANTPPAV
Reverse Image: Large m with cross above and mint mark below.
Large, two-handled Greek amphora from 510 BC with images of athletes, discus and javelin throwers, runner and a trainer. This amphora was acquired by Clare Booth Luce in Italy while she was ambassador there some time before 1954 when Sports Illustrated began awarding the replicas. The idea of giving these came from the tradition of giving oil filled amphorae to winning athletes in B.C. Greece. This amphora was displayed at the Headquarters of Sports Illustrated Magazine from 1954-1979 and was used as the model for the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year trophy. According to Sports Illustrated this is "awarded annually by the editors of Sports Illustrated according to the ancient Greek concept of 'arete': a unity of virtues of mind and body to which the complete man of every age must aspire. The Sportsman of the Year is honored not for his victory alone, "but for the quality of his effort and the manner of his striving. Whether it was over a period or only an hour or an instant, his performance was such that his fellowmen could not fail to recognize it as a revelation of pure excellence..."