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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Voulgaroktonou, post: 5011029, member: 84047&quot;]All my Byzantine coins are “comfort purchases”, or to put it more accurately, comfort “rentals”, for, at best, I will only be able to keep them for my lifetime. None of these pictured are recent acquisitions; but as I love Byzantine silver, I guess I consider this small selection of my hexagrams as “comfort coins”.</p><p><br /></p><p>Top row, left to right:&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine. Ravenna, 615-38. Hexagram. 6.04 gr. 25 mm. 6 hr. Sear 903; Hahn 153; DO 277; BNP 1-3; BM 440-1; T. 221-2. A Ravennate attribution is based upon style and in particular, the letter forms of the reverse. Note the Roman “D” and “V” for “δ” and “υ” in &quot;DEVS&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Constans II. Constantinople, 642-7. Hexagram. 5.65 gr. 23 mm. 6 hr. Sear 989; Hahn 142; DO 4, 48; BNP 1; BM 79; R. 1540. An unusual feature of this coin is the retrograde reverse inscription.</p><p><br /></p><p>Constans II. Constantinople, 647-51. Hexagram. 6.48 gr. 27 mm. 6 hr.</p><p>Sear 991; Hahn 144; DO 50; BNP 2-8; BM 80-4; R. 1541-2.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom row, left to right:</p><p>Constans II and Constantine IV. Constantinople, 654-9. Hexagram. 5.09 gr. 24 mm. 5 hr.Sear 996; Hahn 150; DO 55; BNP 14-7; BM 87; R. 1600.</p><p><br /></p><p>Constans II and Constantine IV. Constantinople, 661-3. Solidus. 4.39 gr. 19 mm. 5 hr. Sear 964; Hahn 31; DO 30g; BNP 60-1; BM 58; R. 1606. In contrast to the previous coin, the obverse inscriptions of this and the following coin are fragmentary. The inscription on my Sear 996 above reads: δN CONSτANτINUS C CONSτANτ; that on my Sear 964 is reduced to: δN CO – τI, and that of my Sear 987 is shorter still: only AN appear between the emperors’ heads.</p><p><br /></p><p>Constans II and Constantine IV. Constantinople, 659-68. Ceremonial miliaresion. 4.21 gr. 21 mm. 6 hr. Sear 987; Hahn 141; BM 89; T. 269.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1201855[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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