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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1888440, member: 56859&quot;]It&#039;s a beautiful day in coinland.&nbsp; Spent the morning watching the Greeks go by in the Roma auction.&nbsp; This afternoon I&#039;m cleaning and protecting my Alexandrian coins (prone to corrosion/BD), working on my coin pictures website, and generally having fun going through bunches of mixed lot coins which haven&#039;t yet had their day in the sun.</p><p><br /></p><p>The mixed lot of Byzantines purchased from Gorny &amp; Mosch last fall really needs work-- attributions, pictures.&nbsp; I hadn&#039;t even taken a picture of my one and only ancient gold coin yet!&nbsp; It&#039;s just a beat-up wafer but I&#039;m happy to have it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine IV looks a bit like Jagger on this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]321519[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Constantine IV Pogonatus, 668-685 AD</b></p><p><b>AV tremissis, 1.4 gm, 17 mm</b></p><p>Constantinople mint</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; DN CONSTANTINUS PPAG; Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; VICTORIA AVGUS; cross potent; CONOB</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; ? (if anyone can tell me the reference, I&#039;d appreciate it)</p><p><br /></p><p>Taken without a flash, the gold has a nice Fauxscoreale hue <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Reading about Constantine IV was pretty interesting.&nbsp; He appears to have served his people well, fending off attacks from Arabs in the Siege of Constantinople, 674-678.&nbsp; Anticipating the siege he stockpiled provisions.&nbsp; During these battles the navy had great (and surely gory) success with the first military use of &#039;Greek Fire&#039;, which sounds a bit like napalm.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Greekfire-madridskylitzes1.jpg/1600px-Greekfire-madridskylitzes1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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