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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancientnoob, post: 1730246, member: 44140&quot;]<span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">I received this coin in the mail from a trade concluded with Ski. I am super thrilled. The coin is absolutely beautiful.It has a real nice &quot;flame&quot; patina. The flames seem to accent the Virgin Mary hold the head of infant Jesus on the obverse. </font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">The reverse has a slight die shift and some flatness on Jesus hold gospels (right figure), but the coin is &quot;better&quot; than 90% out there. </font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">The coin is a usual scyphate billon trachy of the 12th century Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire, although the coin and ruler are both rather scarce. There was hoard of some 2000 pieces found a while back. So it maybe a &quot;common&quot; coin for time being but that will surely change as the supply dries up. Right?</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">The irregular flan and the great patina add to the high visual appeal of the coin in hand and I am very pleased.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">Byzantine Empire</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">Andronicus I Comnenus (b.1118-d.1185 AD)</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">Billon Aspron Trachy (s.1183-1185 AD)</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">32 mm x 29 mm x 3.48 g</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">Constantinople Mint</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">obv. MTP-QV across fields, Mary standing facing on dais, nimbate, holding before her the nimbate head of the infant Christ.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">rev.ANDPONIKOC DECPOTHC, IC XC across fields, Andronicus, crowned, with forked beard, standing on the left, wearing loros (no sagion/short cloak), holding labarum and cross on globe, being crowned by Christ, holding book of gospels in left hand.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">ref:Sear Byzantine #1985</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial"></font></span>[ATTACH]270101.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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