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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 6647971, member: 19463&quot;]You must be new here.&nbsp; We have many people who collect Byzantine and a few who specialize in it.&nbsp; I suggest you search past postings for threads on Byzantine that you might find interesting.&nbsp; Meanwhile, here are a few of my favorite Byzantines.&nbsp; I am not a specialist by any means.&nbsp; I might also suggest you not limit yourself to the early Byzantines.&nbsp; Some of the coins from the dying years are interesting, too.</p><p>&nbsp;Anastasius, the first Byzantine at least in the numismatic sense</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1268513[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Justinian I reached the peak in terms of size of the follis about the time that the plague was devastating the Empire.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1268514[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of us specialize in coins overstruck on earlier coins and like them &#039;messy&#039;. This Heraculius/Justin II has legible dates and mint marks.&nbsp; I avoid messes that are just messy without good data.&nbsp; Sometimes it is a good idea to photograph the coins from two angles favoring each of the types that contributed to the final result. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1268515[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This Justinian II half follis was struck on a quarter of a Constantine IV follis thus doubling its value.&nbsp; It is the plate coin from Sear 1262.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1268516[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I like fourrees, plated coins.&nbsp; They are commonly on copper cores but this gold piece is plated over silver and a bit unusual.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1268517[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My most unusual Byzantine is this Anonymous A3 follis struck over an as of Gordian III that was nearly 800 years old at that time.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1268518[/ATTACH]</p><p>This 11th century electrum coin is as late as you asked to see and is among the more common gold coins available to those of us on a tight budget.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1268519[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>You did not ask to see but will be shown anyway a silver coin of John VIII, the next to last Byzantine Emperor.&nbsp; His brother Constantine XI issued coins but they are rare to the point that most of us will never own one.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1268520[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Now it is your turn.&nbsp; Post your Byzantines.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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