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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 4549077, member: 110226&quot;]Well, better late than never...</p><p><br /></p><p>Over a year ago a purchased a couple of bulk lots of some pretty nice Byzantine bronzes.&nbsp; I got most of them identified and labeled, but not photographed until now, so here are three of them.&nbsp; The coin on the right appears to an over strike of an earlier anonymous follis.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1126133[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1126134[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The coins are, from left to right:</p><p><br /></p><p>Byzantine Empire, 582-602 CE</p><p>AE&nbsp; Follis&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>Year 8</p><p>Cyzicus mint </p><p>Maurice Tiberius</p><p>Obv: δ И ΜΑVRI TIЬЄR P P AV. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield decorated with horseman motif.</p><p>Rev: Large M; cross above, A/N/N/O - ςII across field, B below; KYZ.</p><p>Sear 518</p><p>About VF, with a brown and tan patina</p><p>Ex Roma E-Sale 54, large lot 1294</p><p>11.9 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>Byzantine Empire, 1068-1071 CE</p><p>AE&nbsp; Anonymous Follis</p><p>Romanus IV</p><p>Obv: IC-XC to left and right of bust of Christ, nimbate, facing, right hand raised, scroll in left, all within border of large dots </p><p>Rev: MP-ΘV to left and right of Mary, nimbate, hands raised, all inside border of large dots. </p><p>Class G</p><p>SB 1867</p><p>Fine-VF, with a brown and tan patina</p><p>Ex Roma E-Sale 54, large lot 1294</p><p>7.4 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>Byzantine Empire, 1034-1041 AD</p><p>AE&nbsp; Anonymous Follis</p><p>Michael IV, 12 Apr 1034 - 10 Dec 1041 A.D.</p><p>obverse + EMMANOVHL, three-quarter length figure of Christ standing facing, wearing nimbus, cruciger, pallium and colobium, raising right in benediction, Gospels in left, IC-XC;&nbsp; reverse Jeweled cross with pellet at each extremity, in the angles IC - XC / NI-KA (May Jesus Christ Conquer)</p><p>SBCV 1825</p><p>Crude VF, with a brown and tan patina</p><p>Struck over an earlier follis</p><p>Ex Roma E-Sale 54, large lot 1294</p><p>7.4 grams[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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