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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 8315262, member: 97383&quot;]BenSi, Thanks for an interesting &amp; informative article <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! The coins you illustrate are extraordinary examples, much finer than the examples I&#039;ve seen in regards to strike &amp; condition <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Did the 3 coins in your 2nd photo circulate at the same time &amp; what were their comparative values <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />? The transition from solidus to trachy seems complicated &amp; confusing <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Wasn&#039;t the 1st transition from solidus to histamenon nomisma, like the coin pictured below ?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472248[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Romanus III, AD 1028-1034. AV Histamenon Nomisma: 4.40 gm, 24 mm, 6 h. Sear 1819. <i>Al Kowsky collection.</i></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>And wasn&#039;t the 1st scyphate coin also a histamenon nomisma, like the coin pictured below ?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472258[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Constantine X, AD 1059-1067. AV Histamenon Nomisma: 4.39 gm, 28 mm, 6 h. Sear 1847. <i>Ex Al Kowsky Collection.</i></b></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p>Did the hyperpyron, like the 1st coin in your 2nd photo, then follow the histamenon nomisma ?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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