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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 8233828, member: 26430"]Very nice! I've never attempted to acquire a Heraclian revolt coin, but I think they're fascinating. I really find it interesting that they portrayed themselves bare-headed because, of course, they weren't yet coronated or confirmed or whatever the Byzantine rulers called it. That's devotion to a principle!</p><p><br /></p><p>I do have several Heraclian Hexagrams, but they're later:</p><p>[ATTACH]1448065[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1448066[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Any of my revolt coins that come to mind would be Roman Republican Civil Wars (Sulla, Caesar, Brutus, Augustus, etc.). Can we call the Roman Civil War between Brutus & Cassius and Octavian & Antony a revolt?</p><p><br /></p><p>I happen to be a believer that the first Koson coinage with monogram is most likely associated with Brutus & Cassius' campaign (based on the metallurgical studies).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's my Koson Drachm and Stater: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448067[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448070[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 8233828, member: 26430"]Very nice! I've never attempted to acquire a Heraclian revolt coin, but I think they're fascinating. I really find it interesting that they portrayed themselves bare-headed because, of course, they weren't yet coronated or confirmed or whatever the Byzantine rulers called it. That's devotion to a principle! I do have several Heraclian Hexagrams, but they're later: [ATTACH]1448065[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1448066[/ATTACH] Any of my revolt coins that come to mind would be Roman Republican Civil Wars (Sulla, Caesar, Brutus, Augustus, etc.). Can we call the Roman Civil War between Brutus & Cassius and Octavian & Antony a revolt? I happen to be a believer that the first Koson coinage with monogram is most likely associated with Brutus & Cassius' campaign (based on the metallurgical studies). Here's my Koson Drachm and Stater: [ATTACH=full]1448067[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1448070[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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