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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Herberto, post: 2780161, member: 74222&quot;]Nice one. Much better than many.</p><p><br /></p><p>As mentioned in the link provided by Doug, such coins are called Anonymous since there are no portrait of the ruler, but only Jesus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mine here, and 3 others I have not showing before (I think):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]642919[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]642920[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]642921[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]642922[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>All have somehow the same size.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That first coin here, like the OP’s, is one of my favorite. During this time Byzantium flourished due to the Macedonian Dynasty. It was during this period that Ukraine/Russia adopted Christianity and gained the literacy. It was called Cyrillic alphabets named after the two brothers of Cyril and Methodius who introduced the religion and as well a written system for the Russians. Hence “Cyrillic alphabet”.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also it was during this time that the Vikings came to Constantinople via the Volga river. The Vikings definitely have touched such coins. In Hagia Sophia you can actually read a Runic scripture of a Viking who engraved his name onto it:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]642923[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]642924[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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