Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 8203349, member: 44316&quot;]A friend recently gifted me this nice Byzantine coin of Constantine VII. It legends are stronger than usual. Only a very small fraction are nicer than this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1437815[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Constantine VII</b>, 913-959</p><p>Struck 945-950</p><p>26-25 mm. 9.22 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>Facing bust of Constantine VII, holding globus cruciger in left hand</p><p>CONST bA - SIL ROM around [&quot;N&quot; looks like &quot;h&quot; on these coins]</p><p>&quot;Constantine, emperor of the Romans&quot;</p><p>Four line reverse legend:</p><p>CONST/EҺ ΘЄO bA/SILЄVSR/ROMЄOҺ</p><p>&quot;Constantine, in God (by the grace of God), ruler of the Romans&quot;</p><p>&nbsp; </p><p>Sear 1761.</p><p><br /></p><p>The story of coins of this emperor is on my webpage:</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/ConVII.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/ConVII.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/ConVII.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In April 2019 I started a thread on Constantine VII and Romanus I:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/constantine-vii-replaces-romanus-i-byzantine.337736/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/constantine-vii-replaces-romanus-i-byzantine.337736/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/constantine-vii-replaces-romanus-i-byzantine.337736/</a></p><p>and linked it to my web page on them. Since then I have had several occasions to improve the page, and just now I reorganized it to make it easier to read. If you care to know why the reign of Constantine VII had coins struck for Romanus I during it and why so many Romanus I coins are overstruck by the above type, you can see the coins and read the story there. </p><p><br /></p><p>Byzantine copper coins are not often in high grade, but they often have great stories!</p><p>Show us some Byzantine copper!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the web page again:&nbsp; <a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/ConVII.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/ConVII.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/ConVII.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in