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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;furryfrog02, post: 3632429, member: 41219&quot;]I have only 2 Byzantines in my collection. I have been listening to &quot;The History of Byzantium&quot; and have found myself becoming more and more interested in these coins. They are a bit daunting though and some are incredibly hard to attribute (at least that is my opinion).</p><p><br /></p><p>Phocas</p><p>AD 602-610</p><p>AE Follis</p><p>Nicomedia</p><p>Obverse: DM FOCA PER AVG, crowned (with pendilia), mantled bust facing, holding mappa and cross </p><p>Reverse: Large XXXX, sometimes with star to left, regnal year III or IIII to right, mintmark NIKO and officina letter</p><p>This is struck over a coin from a previous ruler but I have never been able to identify which. I&#039;m guessing either Maurice Tiberius or Theodosius since they were the previous two rulers.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]974445[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine VIII</p><p>Class A3 anonymous follis</p><p>1025-1028 AD</p><p>Obverse: IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ facing with nimbus cross behind head, 2 dots in each limb of the cross, holding book of gospels with dot in center of the book&#039;s border </p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; +IhSUS XRISTUS bASILEU bASILE in four lines</p><p>[ATTACH=full]974440[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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