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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Herberto, post: 2364642, member: 74222&quot;]Mine Komnenus cup coins are not so well struck. The first one is John II, the second and third are Manuel:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]482799[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]482800[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]482801[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>But then I have a heavily debased gold of a so-called Histamenon(most silver here) of Alexius Komnenus:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]482802[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>4,32g and 31mm, Sear: 1893</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: IC - XC</p><p>Reverse: +AΛЄΞIω ΔЄCΠPOT Tω KΜ</p><p><br /></p><p>I can read “Alexious” and “Despot” I think. Note that “Despot” back then has a different meaning. “Demagogue” among the classical Greece times, or “Dictator” among Republican Roman times have completely different and positive definition.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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