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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Herberto, post: 24838130, member: 74222&quot;]Fascinating. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There are plenty Histamenons on sale in Vcoins (or Ma-shops.com): <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/Search.aspx?search=true&amp;searchQuery=Histamenon&amp;searchQueryExclude=&amp;searchCategory=0&amp;searchCategoryLevel=2&amp;searchCategoryAncient=True&amp;searchCategoryUs=True&amp;searchCategoryWorld=True&amp;searchCategoryMints=True&amp;searchBetween=0&amp;searchBetweenAnd=0&amp;searchDate=&amp;searchUseThesaurus=True&amp;searchDisplayCurrency=&amp;searchDisplay=1&amp;searchIdStore=0&amp;searchQueryAnyWords=&amp;searchExactPhrase=&amp;searchTitleAndDescription=True&amp;searchDateType=0&amp;searchMaxRecords=100&amp;SearchOnSale=False&amp;Unassigned=False" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/Search.aspx?search=true&amp;searchQuery=Histamenon&amp;searchQueryExclude=&amp;searchCategory=0&amp;searchCategoryLevel=2&amp;searchCategoryAncient=True&amp;searchCategoryUs=True&amp;searchCategoryWorld=True&amp;searchCategoryMints=True&amp;searchBetween=0&amp;searchBetweenAnd=0&amp;searchDate=&amp;searchUseThesaurus=True&amp;searchDisplayCurrency=&amp;searchDisplay=1&amp;searchIdStore=0&amp;searchQueryAnyWords=&amp;searchExactPhrase=&amp;searchTitleAndDescription=True&amp;searchDateType=0&amp;searchMaxRecords=100&amp;SearchOnSale=False&amp;Unassigned=False" rel="nofollow">https://www.vcoins.com/en/Search.aspx?search=true&amp;searchQuery=Histamenon&amp;searchQueryExclude=&amp;searchCategory=0&amp;searchCategoryLevel=2&amp;searchCategoryAncient=True&amp;searchCategoryUs=True&amp;searchCategoryWorld=True&amp;searchCategoryMints=True&amp;searchBetween=0&amp;searchBetweenAnd=0&amp;searchDate=&amp;searchUseThesaurus=True&amp;searchDisplayCurrency=&amp;searchDisplay=1&amp;searchIdStore=0&amp;searchQueryAnyWords=&amp;searchExactPhrase=&amp;searchTitleAndDescription=True&amp;searchDateType=0&amp;searchMaxRecords=100&amp;SearchOnSale=False&amp;Unassigned=False</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That histamenon was minted, as mentioned, in Constantinople, which was the richest and biggest city in Europe at that time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here an image from the book of &quot;The Walls of Constantinople AD 324-1453&quot; by Stephen Turnbull and Peter Dennis. The men with axes are supposed to be Varangian Guards (Viking guards of the Byzantine emperor):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1590907[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And here are some videos to illustrate Constantinople:</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]uX4UJv-eIjQ[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]hFXiLbnQhgQ[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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