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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancientnoob, post: 1699924, member: 44140&quot;]Being new to Byzantine coinage I really don&#039;t know a lot about it, but I know that Byzantine silver coinage is rare. When I saw this being offered for sale on the bay at a price I could make a deal around, I had to have it. I thought it was a really nice example of Dark Age early Byzantine silver. Although worn it has many remaining admirable qualities.:thumb:</p><p><br /></p><p>During this period the Byzantine Empire was cut off from its silver mines and silver coinage all but disappeared. Continued wars with Persia required vast sums of money and a high denomination silver piece was needed. Having no way to mine silver this coin was made exclusively from Church plate.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> THe coin weighed about 6.5 grams, and was named after its weight. The coin would only remain in circulation for a short time and only continued in ceremonial use, before being replaced by the smaller thinner Miliaresion. </p><p><br /></p><p>Byzantine Empire</p><p>Eastern Roman Empire</p><p>Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine</p><p>AR Hexagram 22.0 mm x 6.28 g</p><p>Constantinople mint. 610-640 AD</p><p>Obv. dd NN HERAKLIUS et hERA CONST Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine seated facing on double throne </p><p>Rev. Large DEUS ADIUTA ROMANIS Cross potent above three steps (God Help the Romans)</p><p>ref# S 798 </p><p>[ATTACH]259078.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Any help with legend would be appreciated. Any additional background info would be interesting and appreciated. All comments are always welcome![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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