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<p>[QUOTE="Black Friar, post: 2994072, member: 76221"]Both coins are Pseudo Byzantine. You have both varieties, two standing figures, and three standing figures. Two figures are Type "C" with typical blundered legends: minted at Constantinople, based on Heraclian folles. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Three figures are Type "B" folles also blundered with "mints" of Constantinople, Nicomedia, Antioch and Thessalonica. Cyprus is the mos common. They are mostly struck on halved imperial folles. Your examples are quite nice.</p><p><br /></p><p>Godwins book "Studies in the Khalili Collection Volume IV is a good one, as well as </p><p>SICA Volume One by Steve Album. There are several other volumes which I can supply later. </p><p><br /></p><p>Foss is a good starting point, as to types. Got to go as I'm late for a meeting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Black Friar, post: 2994072, member: 76221"]Both coins are Pseudo Byzantine. You have both varieties, two standing figures, and three standing figures. Two figures are Type "C" with typical blundered legends: minted at Constantinople, based on Heraclian folles. The Three figures are Type "B" folles also blundered with "mints" of Constantinople, Nicomedia, Antioch and Thessalonica. Cyprus is the mos common. They are mostly struck on halved imperial folles. Your examples are quite nice. Godwins book "Studies in the Khalili Collection Volume IV is a good one, as well as SICA Volume One by Steve Album. There are several other volumes which I can supply later. Foss is a good starting point, as to types. Got to go as I'm late for a meeting.[/QUOTE]
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