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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Black Friar, post: 2392798, member: 76221&quot;]Love the Stauricius follis, that is a great coin and quite scarce.</p><p>Nicephoros.&nbsp; I have one of his sole reign pieces, Syracuse mint.</p><p>Not photoed at this time, maybe I&#039;ll have to do so soon and put it out to the group.</p><p><br /></p><p>Valiant Knight, enjoy the class.&nbsp; It will really give you insight into the Byzantine/Romaion world.&nbsp; I had the pleasure of teaching a mini-seminar a few years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>A very good all around book as an overview of the Byzantine world is <i>Byzantium The Empire of New Rome </i>by Cyril Mango.</p><p>It is very concise, very informative, and a good read.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure you can find it used at <a href="http://www.powells.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.powells.com" rel="nofollow">www.powells.com</a> or Abes Books. </p><p><br /></p><p>One other observation about the world of the Byzantines is it&#039;s overlap into other cultures and citizens of that age.&nbsp; Enjoy your stay in Colorado Springs.&nbsp; It is coin geek heaven.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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