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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2222929, member: 42634&quot;][ATTACH=full]435716[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>well, there seems to be a bit of a byzantine surge with valentinians thread and the VK christian themed thread...so i&#039;ll add these now.&nbsp; these coins are respectable examples of their type, each was cheap (cheapest was a buck, most expensive was 28) none of them are &quot;pretty&quot;....thus is the way of many byzantine coins (as DS pointed out recently in one of his posts).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>this first is the one buck coin.&nbsp; this crossed latin rules of constantinople coin off my list.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_6529_zps1jmfav8x.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_6529_zps1jmfav8x.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_6529_zps1jmfav8x.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6">Latin Empire of Constantinople. A.D. 1204-1261. </font></p><p>small module trachy (21 mm, 1.8 g). Christ standing facing / Emperor standing facing with labarum and orb. SB 2035. Constantinople.</p><p><br /></p><p>this coin i purchased by mistake!&nbsp; i wanted a coin of tiberius ii constantine, i picked up this coin of maurice tiberius...because my brain locked up for some reason.&nbsp; realized what i had done the within 30 second of buying the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>oh well, i didn&#039;t have a maurice tiberius half follis.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/Pj5B94aDKp8EaBw7Fn3ii2AZT9y4f6_zpsgh2pahvh.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/Pj5B94aDKp8EaBw7Fn3ii2AZT9y4f6_zpsgh2pahvh.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/Pj5B94aDKp8EaBw7Fn3ii2AZT9y4f6_zpsgh2pahvh.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6">Maurice Tiberius, regnal year 6 (587/8) AD, Æ half follis </font></p><p>O:Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield. R: Large K between regnal year; cross above; B beneath. Constantinople mint, 22 mm, 5.4 g Sear 497</p><p><br /></p><p>i didn&#039;t know this byzantine coin was on my list until i saw it, didn&#039;t know the type existed.&nbsp; also, this coin is from the cherson mint...which was high on my byzantine list.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_6762_zpsuwmftwb6.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_6762_zpsuwmftwb6.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_6762_zpsuwmftwb6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><font size="6">Justinian I. 527-565. Æ pentanummium </font></p><p>O: DN IVSTINIANS PP AV, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; R: VIC-TOR, Emperor standing facing, head left. holding spear and globe. Cherson mint. SB 197, 18x15 mm, 3.0g</p><p><br /></p><p>well, after i realized my mistake, i thought i may as well go ahead and buy an actual coin of tiberius ii constantine.&nbsp; also, i i didn&#039;t have a decanummium with the X (instead of the more common I).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/tiberiusconstantineB_zpsv4fkre7o.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/tiberiusconstantineB_zpsv4fkre7o.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/tiberiusconstantineB_zpsv4fkre7o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><font size="6">Tiberius II Constantine. 578-582. AE Decanummium </font></p><p>O: crowned, draped, and cuirassed bust facing. R: large X; cross above. Constantinople mint. SB 436. 20 mm, 3.4 g</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>fell free to post any scyphates, decanummiums, pentanummiums, half folles, latin empire, justinian, maurice tiberius, tiberius ii constantine coins....or any coin you purchased by mistake.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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