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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 8233767, member: 110226&quot;]I do have quite a few bronze Byzantine coins, acquired recently and in years past, many of them pleading to be researched and properly labeled.&nbsp; It&#039;s a slow work in progress for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not sure about the unique XXXX that Phocas used for most of his folles.&nbsp; I always thought of this format was merely another way to express the value of 40 nummi.&nbsp; Antioch seems to have stuck with the traditional &quot;M&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Year 8, 609-610 AD</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448044[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit:&nbsp; It occurred to me, while I was outside trying to keep things alive with some watering, that Phocas was not the first emperor to use the &quot;X&quot; format for the larger denominations on the reverse of the bronze coinage.&nbsp; Tiberius II Constantine also used this designation for some of his bronze coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a 30 nummi of his from Cyzicus:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448058[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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