I found this very interesting and impressive - post a Byzantine coin to keep it on topic http://www.wimp.com/ancientmosaics/
My friend once told me that when some Western archeologists researched (pillaged) these mosaics, they sometimes numbered each little piece & reassembled them at their museums back home.
ROMANUS III Follis OBV: IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ facing with nimbate cross behind head, square in each limb of nimbus cross, holding book of gospels, a dot in center of dotted square on book REV: IS-XS BAS-ILE BAS-ILE to left and right above and below cross with dots at the ends, on three steps Struck at Constantinople, 1028-34 9.5g, 29mm SB 1823 I won an NFL contest on another site and this was one of many winning prizes I received. This particular coin was my prize from Eng. Thanks again John
Wow, great work AJ i liked it very much, jw your welcome, i like those big Byzantine coins of Christ, hope we can have another NFL playoff game here this year.:hail:..Chris love your Justinian l, nice big coin, from Constantinople...:thumb:
thanks eng! here is my latest byzantine....i got form guess who? also ENG! 3 cheers for ENG! hip hip....hooray! hip hip....hooray! hip hip....hooray! nicephorus iii 11th century ad o:christ nimbate rev: cross
oh, i think you're right vk.....so it would be... Justin I DN IVSTINVS PP AVG PDC large M star cross star Gamma CON Follis 518-529 Constantinople SB 62, DOC 8 i remember debating this with myself at the time, can't remember why i picked justinian...but you are correct....thank you!
