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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24816815, member: 26430&quot;]I&#039;d <b>LOVE</b> to have a Basiliscus Solidus, very cool!!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yup, definitely an obverse die-match. (The rev. looks like the same engraver.)</p><p><br /></p><p>They always have ~4-8 dots around the upper cross and Victory&#039;s head. Marks like that can be used to align a design or legend, but it doesn&#039;t seem to be the case here. More like some kind of control symbol/mint signature. They&#039;re&nbsp; curious, and interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a small collection of Solidi (and some other Byzantine gold, not shown, and Greek gold).</p><p><br /></p><p>Theodosius II (and a much worse duplicate, not shown):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1588510[/ATTACH]</p><p>Marcian (I actually kinda like the cross graffitto):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1588511[/ATTACH]</p><p>Justin II (bleh):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1588513[/ATTACH]</p><p>Constans II et al.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1588514[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Constans II et al. This reverse is much scarcer; it always surprises me that no one seems to care much, so these can be acquired at the same price as the one with steps under the cross (or at least they could when I bought mine):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1588512[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine IV. Favorite! <b><a href="https://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/179.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/179.php" rel="nofollow">Photograph by Rasiel Suarez</a></b>:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1588509[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I sold some other ones several years ago. I really with I could get the Honorius with a &quot;captive&quot; reverse back</p><p><b>NO LONGER MY COIN</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1588515[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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