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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;furryfrog02, post: 5004854, member: 41219&quot;]With the world seemingly going to H E double hockey sticks, I have been taking solace in purchasing coins online. I&#039;ve been focusing mainly on Byzantines and wanted to share them with you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Has anyone else been making comfort purchases? Or am I alone in this? If you have, feel free to share and make me feel not as guilty haha.</p><p><br /></p><p>And now, in no particular order...except the order I purchased them in, newest to oldest...the coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>Nicephorus II Phocas</p><p>AE Follis</p><p>Constantinople</p><p>Obverse:&nbsp; NICIFR bASIL ROM, crowned bust facing with short beard, wearing loros, holding labarum and cross on globe </p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; NICHF-EN QEW bA-SILEVS RW-MAIWN, legend in four lines</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200982[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Basil II and Constantine VIII</p><p>AE Class 2 anonymous follis 976-1028 AD</p><p>Obverse: IC-XC to left and right of bust of Christ, facing, with nimbate cross behind head, holding book of gospels, two dots in each limb of the cross </p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; IhSUS XRISTUS bASILEU bASILE in four lines,</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200983[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Michael IV</p><p>Class C Follis</p><p>1034-1041 AD</p><p>Obverse:&nbsp; EMMA NOVHL around, IC-XC to right and left of Christ, with nimbate cross behind head, three-quarter length figure standing, raising right hand, holding book of gospels in left </p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; IC-XC/NI-KA in the angles of a jewelled cross with dot at each end</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200984[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Phocas</p><p>602-610 AD </p><p>AE Follis</p><p>Constantinople</p><p>Obverse: DN FOCAE PP AVG, crowned, mantled bust facing, holding mappa and cross (or mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre), Reverse:/ Large XXXX, ANNO above, regnal year 6 to right, mintmark CON and officina letter</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200985[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Justinian I</p><p>AE Half-follis</p><p>Constantinople</p><p>Obverse: DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG, helmeted, cuirassed bust facing, holding cross on globe and shield; cross in right field </p><p>Reverse: Large K, ANNO to left, cross above, regnal year to right, officina letter Δ below</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200986[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Romanus III</p><p>1028-1034 AD</p><p>Class B anonymous follis</p><p>Constantinople</p><p>Obverse: 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 centre of dotted square on book </p><p>Reverse: IS-XS BAS-ILE BAS-ILE to left and right above and below cross with dots at the ends, on three steps</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200987[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Justinian I</p><p>AE Half-Follis</p><p>Antioch</p><p>Obverse: DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG, helmeted, cuirassed bust facing, holding cross on globe and long sceptre, cross to right </p><p>Reverse: Large K, ANNO to left, cross above, regnal year XXI to right, mintmark e (or P with angled downstroke)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200988[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Justinian I</p><p>AE follis</p><p>527-565 AD</p><p>Constantinople</p><p>Obverse: DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right </p><p>Reverse: Large M. star to left, cross above, cross right, officina letter below, mintmark CON</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200989[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Theophilus</p><p>AE Follis</p><p>830-842 AD</p><p>Constantinople</p><p>Obverse: ThEOFIL&#039; bASIL&#039;, crowned, three-quarter length figure of Theophilus facing, pellets on crown, wearing loros, holding labarum and cross on globe </p><p>Reverse: ThEO-FILE AVG-OVStE SV-nICAS in four lines</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200990[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Manuel I</p><p>AE Half-Tetarteron</p><p>Thessalonica mint.</p><p>Obverse: Monogram Sear 57 (Δ-M-K-ΠΛ&nbsp; clockwise from left at the ends of a cross) in small, neat letters </p><p>Reverse: Crowned, unbearded bust of Manuel facing, wearing loros, holding labarum and cross on globe</p><p>ex: [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200991[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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