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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 3082531, member: 56653&quot;]This coin is an interesting curiosity:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]776496[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>AE22x18mm, 1g, struck on a very thin flan of spread fabric, more similar to a late 14th century Greek denier tournois than regular trachea or stamena, this coin shows three distinct figures on its reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Possibly a double-strike of an unidentified type -- the figure in the middle and the one on the right might be the same -- it should be noted that the shape in which they&#039;re preserved is quite different:</p><p><br /></p><p>The figure on the right looks obviously like the Virgin in veil, while the figure in the middle has its face completely worn out and looks like a nimbed saint.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand the posture of the two figures is very similar, as are the areas of drapery(?) and the areas around the heads of the figures.</p><p><br /></p><p>The figure on the left is very likely the emperor, in Palaeologan regalia.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m curious if anyone has seen similar trachea/stamena?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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