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<p>[QUOTE="Pavlos, post: 7438395, member: 96635"]Wonderful coins [USER=95174]@BenSi[/USER]! And a nice write up. I wonder why the denominations were separated in the empire. </p><p><br /></p><p>My Byzantine gold:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2021-3-1_21-33-27-png.1262887/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Andronicus II Palaeologus, 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron Nomisma. Constantinople mint, 1282-1294.</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Bust of the Virgin orans within the city walls furnished with six groups of towers; in lower field, CZ-ZC sigla.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> ANΔPO/NIKOC E/ XΩ T C/IΛIΠ/TICO IC/XC Andronicus on left, nimbate and kneeling right blessed by Christ standing facing on right, with decorated nimbus, holding Book of Gospels; between them fleur-de-lis; to right, C/N.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> DOC 225 var (sigla). PCPC 91B <i>Sigla</i> 77 var. SB 2326.</p><p>25mm, 4.28g</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2021-3-30_22-11-28-png.1280776/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Manuel I Comnenus (1143-1180). Electrum Aspron Trachy. Constantinople mint, Type C, ca. 1160-1164.</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> ΙC - ΧC Christ Pantocrator, standing facing, nimbate and enrobed, raising right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels with his left; in field to left and right, star.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> MA-NVHΛ - O/ ΘЄ/O/Δ/ω/PO/C Manuel and St. Theodore standing facing, both holding a sword in their outer hand, and holding a long patriarchal cross set on a globe between them.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> DOC 4c; Sear 1959.</p><p>4.63g; 33mm[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pavlos, post: 7438395, member: 96635"]Wonderful coins [USER=95174]@BenSi[/USER]! And a nice write up. I wonder why the denominations were separated in the empire. My Byzantine gold: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2021-3-1_21-33-27-png.1262887/[/IMG] [B]Andronicus II Palaeologus, 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron Nomisma. Constantinople mint, 1282-1294. Obverse:[/B] Bust of the Virgin orans within the city walls furnished with six groups of towers; in lower field, CZ-ZC sigla. [B]Reverse:[/B] ANΔPO/NIKOC E/ XΩ T C/IΛIΠ/TICO IC/XC Andronicus on left, nimbate and kneeling right blessed by Christ standing facing on right, with decorated nimbus, holding Book of Gospels; between them fleur-de-lis; to right, C/N. [B]Reference:[/B] DOC 225 var (sigla). PCPC 91B [I]Sigla[/I] 77 var. SB 2326. 25mm, 4.28g [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2021-3-30_22-11-28-png.1280776/[/IMG] [B]Manuel I Comnenus (1143-1180). Electrum Aspron Trachy. Constantinople mint, Type C, ca. 1160-1164. Obverse:[/B] ΙC - ΧC Christ Pantocrator, standing facing, nimbate and enrobed, raising right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels with his left; in field to left and right, star. [B]Reverse:[/B] MA-NVHΛ - O/ ΘЄ/O/Δ/ω/PO/C Manuel and St. Theodore standing facing, both holding a sword in their outer hand, and holding a long patriarchal cross set on a globe between them. [B]Reference:[/B] DOC 4c; Sear 1959. 4.63g; 33mm[/QUOTE]
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