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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2106174, member: 56859&quot;]Seeking clarification of the history you relate, I looked at the attribution (dates) of my relevant Byzantine coins and am more confused.&nbsp; Googling for more information has so far only raised more questions.</p><p><br /></p><p>For instance, I recorded the date of this follis of Basil I with Constantine VII as 867-<b>876</b>.&nbsp; Basil I ruled until 886 and Leo VI took over.</p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_450161156e0446d181b6c744917c56b0.jpg_srb_p_693_337_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Thinking I&#039;d just made a typo (and I found many on my website while writing this), I rechecked Wildwinds.&nbsp; Nope, that&#039;s what is recorded.&nbsp; Thinking Wildwinds made a typo or that the date reflects when Constantine VII died, I looked at other sources.&nbsp; The <a href="https://www2.lawrence.edu/dept/art/BUERGER/CATALOGUE/143.HTML" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www2.lawrence.edu/dept/art/BUERGER/CATALOGUE/143.HTML" rel="nofollow">Buerger Collection writeup</a> had this to say about a Basil I + Constantine VII AV solidus:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hmm.&nbsp; So, I&#039;m still unsure of the correct dates for this coin.&nbsp; Unless it is known that production of the type stopped three years before the death of Constantine VII, it seems that the date range should be 867-879.&nbsp; Either Wildwinds is wrong, the Buerger Collection info is wrong, production of the type was stopped three years before Constantine VII&#039;s death, or there is some other explanation I haven&#039;t though of.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for Leo The Wise, I have examples of each of his folles:</p><p><br /></p><p>SB 1728</p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_20463fd3fb82418aa86f0bad67435346.jpg_srb_p_661_335_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>SB 1729</p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_5158a8b1e6144104a1c84fc5669a0212.jpg_srz_p_659_330_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srz" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_0172b7339d48474183b6e2020dc24c86.jpg_srb_p_677_358_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>SB 1730, with Alexander, Leo&#039;s younger brother and successor</p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_55a0c734aadd4cecb981b87ad8bbb14d.jpg_srb_p_676_341_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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