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<p>[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 4983348, member: 95174"]As requested another example, also heavy weight. Also in my collection. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197291[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>NDRONICUS AE TETARTERON S-1987 DOC 6 CLBC 5.4.2</b></p><p>OBV Bust of Virgin nimbate orans, wearing tunic and maphorion; beardless, nimbate head of Christ on breast.</p><p><br /></p><p>REV Bust of emperor wearing stemma, skaramangion or divitision, and sagion; holds in r. hand labarum headed scepter, and in left globus cruciger.</p><p><br /></p><p>Size 22mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Weight 5.9gm</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a Thessalonica minted coin, it contains no silver. It is believed to be valued at 1/864 Hyperpyron and the Metropolitan (Constantinople) issues at 1/288 Hyperpyron. This coins are much more common than Metropolitan coins and very abundant in today’s marketplace.</p><p><br /></p><p>A really nice example much heaver than norm, beautiful portrait of Virgin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 4983348, member: 95174"]As requested another example, also heavy weight. Also in my collection. [ATTACH=full]1197291[/ATTACH] [B]NDRONICUS AE TETARTERON S-1987 DOC 6 CLBC 5.4.2[/B] OBV Bust of Virgin nimbate orans, wearing tunic and maphorion; beardless, nimbate head of Christ on breast. REV Bust of emperor wearing stemma, skaramangion or divitision, and sagion; holds in r. hand labarum headed scepter, and in left globus cruciger. Size 22mm Weight 5.9gm This is a Thessalonica minted coin, it contains no silver. It is believed to be valued at 1/864 Hyperpyron and the Metropolitan (Constantinople) issues at 1/288 Hyperpyron. This coins are much more common than Metropolitan coins and very abundant in today’s marketplace. A really nice example much heaver than norm, beautiful portrait of Virgin.[/QUOTE]
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