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Tiberius II Constantine was Eastern Roman emperor from 574 to 582. Tiberius rose to power in 574 when Justin II, prior to a mental breakdown, proclaimed him Caesar and adopted him as his own son. In 578, the dying Justin II gave him the title of Augustus, thus becoming co-emperor alongside him.
In 570, he defeated an Avar army in Thrace and returned to Constantinople. While attempting to follow up that victory in late 570 or early 571, Tiberius was defeated in a battle in the Danube regions in which he narrowly escaped death, as his army was fleeing the battlefield.
After his elevation as Caesar, Tiberius found two treasures: the treasure of Narses and 1,000 centenaria: 100,000 pounds of gold or 7,200,000 solidi (nomismata), under a slab. Even without a metal detector.