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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Voulgaroktonou, post: 7458500, member: 84047&quot;]A few western &quot;gold&quot; coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine IV / Heraclius and Tiberius. Carthage, 674-5. Solidus. 4.29 gr. 12 mm. 6 hr. Sear 1187A; H. 18; DO 42.1-2; Tolstoi 50. Ex Sotheby&#039;s Important Private Collection of Byzantine Coins, 2 Nov. 1998, lot 300.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1292624[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Leo III / Constantine V. Rome, 721-41. Tremissis. 1.40 gr. 16 mm. 6 hr. Sear 1534; DO 87; Ricotti Prina 112. Ex NAC Autumn Sale 26-27 Oct. 1995, lot 894. Little gold in this one!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1292625[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Theophilus. Syracuse, 829-30. Solidus. 3.97 gr. 17 mm. 6 hr. Sear 1671; DO 18; Tolstoi 9.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1292627[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Theophilus / Michael. Naples, 831/42. Solidus. 3.97 gr. 20 mm. 5 hr. Sear 1683; DO 33; BM 56-57</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1292629[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Basil I / Constantine. Syracuse, 868-79. Semissis. 1.04 gr. 13 mm. 6 hr. Sear 1714; DO 14a; R. 1859. Very debased gold, possibly guilded copper, as usual for the issue. An example of the last Byzantine coinage in Syracuse, lost to the Arabs in 878.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1292632[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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