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Another beautiful coin, just wow

Constans III always looked to me like Santa or a crazy wizard

Rasiel

 

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This coin might seem strangely familiar to some of you



Rasiel

 

Here's Maurice Tiberius. Follis struck at Antioch (Theopolis).

 

802-811 Nicephorus I, Sear 1607

813-820 Leo V, S 1630


Both about 22-25 cm.

Anastasius introduced the "M" as denomination about 500 CE, and even 300 years after the symbol still circulated. Also, coins in 700s tend to be crude, but suddenly in 800s they are nicely round and thick again.

Holding those coins in hand, and imagining who held them, and how it was in 800s is amazing.

 

Maurice Tiberius (Almost looks like he knows what Phocas has in store for him and his family)
Carthage Mint

 

No, but I think the crosses version is special, and the large (34-33 mm) size appealed.

 

I like the coins from the break-up after the fourth crusades, especially the coins from Thessalonica and Nicaea:


Empire of Nicaea: Theodore I Comnenus-Lascaris (1208-1222) BI Trachy, Magnesia (Sear 2067; DOC IV, Type C 7)

Obv: IC XC in field. Pup-length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate; left hand holds Gospel; small crosses flanking
Rev: (ΘЄOΔШPOC OΘЄOΔШPOC?); Full-length figure of emperor on left, and of St. Theodore, bearded and nimbate; between them labarum on long shaft. Emperor wears stemma, divitision, collar-piece and jeweled loros of simplified type; right hand holds anexikakia; sword hangs point downward to left of waist. Saint wears short military tunic and breastplate; left hand holds spear, resting over shoulder; sword hangs point downward to right of waist.

 

I like this trachy of Alexius III because of the clear face of Christ on the obverse.

 

I've shown this Justinian decanummium from Carthage before but it's definitely my favorite Byzantine piece.

 

What a nice Christogram symbol on the bust!

 

Just lately I've been hitting the bottom-feeder's jackpot on eBay Byzantines. Here is Justinian I and Justin II & Sophia - Constantinople folles.

 

ALEXIUS AE TETARTERON SBCV-1931 DOC 40 CLBC 2.4.7
OBV Jeweled radiate Cross, decorated at the end of each limb with one large globule and two smaller, all on two steps.

REV. Bust of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and jeweled loros of traditional type; holds in r. hand scepter cruciger and in l. Globus cruciger. Complete Inscription

Size 19mm

Weight 3.08

This is a Thessalonica minted coin.

DOC lists 25 examples with weights running from1.09gm to 4.22gm and sizes ranging from 17mm to 23mm

 

And I thought I had a nice one, but yours is nicer.



20-18 mm. 3.17 grams.
Alexius I, 1071-1118. Sear 1931.
C Φ
AΛ Δ
in quadrants of cross with big dot at each end.
According to Whitting, Byzantine Coins, the letters abbreviate
May the cross (C) protect (Φ)
Alexius (ΑΛ) emperor (Δ) [Despot]

 

metoo. I did not manage to "process" it, but the seller advertised it at 20.6 mm& 4.6 gr.

 

I have this one, so far it is the heaviest I have ever seen
Size 23/25mm
Weight 6.2

It has a 5 gm brother that I bought together. The green is not active bd.