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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Topcat7, post: 2999279, member: 73372&quot;]I recently purchased a coin as &quot;<b><i>Byzantine Bronze Coin - PALAIOLOGOS c. 1100 AD</i></b>&quot;</p><p>My research tells me that if the &#039;PALAIOLOGOS&#039; (family) reference is correct then the date must be wrong because the dates that I have found for that family are,</p><p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Byzantine_Emperors" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Byzantine_Emperors" rel="nofollow">Emperor</a></b></p><p>1261-1282 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_VIII_Palaiologos" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_VIII_Palaiologos" rel="nofollow">Michael VIII</a></p><p>1282-1328 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire_under_the_Palaiologos_dynasty#Andronikos_II_Palaiologos,_1282%E2%80%931328" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire_under_the_Palaiologos_dynasty#Andronikos_II_Palaiologos,_1282%E2%80%931328" rel="nofollow">Andronikos II Palaiologos,</a></p><p>1328-1341 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire_under_the_Palaiologos_dynasty#Andronikos_III,_1328%E2%80%931341" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire_under_the_Palaiologos_dynasty#Andronikos_III,_1328%E2%80%931341" rel="nofollow">Andronikos III,</a></p><p>1347-1357 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire_under_the_Palaiologos_dynasty#Reign_and_fall_of_John_VI_Kantakouzenos,_1347%E2%80%931357" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire_under_the_Palaiologos_dynasty#Reign_and_fall_of_John_VI_Kantakouzenos,_1347%E2%80%931357" rel="nofollow">John VI Kantakouzenos,</a></p><p>1354-1391 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire_under_the_Palaiologos_dynasty#John_V,_1354%E2%80%931391" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire_under_the_Palaiologos_dynasty#John_V,_1354%E2%80%931391" rel="nofollow">John V,</a></p><p>1391-1420 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire_under_the_Palaiologos_dynasty#Manuel_II_Palaiologos,_1391%E2%80%931420" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire_under_the_Palaiologos_dynasty#Manuel_II_Palaiologos,_1391%E2%80%931420" rel="nofollow">Manuel II Palaiologos,</a></p><p>1420-1448 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire_under_the_Palaiologos_dynasty#John_VIII_takes_over" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire_under_the_Palaiologos_dynasty#John_VIII_takes_over" rel="nofollow">John VIII</a></p><p>1448-1453 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_XI_Palaiologos" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_XI_Palaiologos" rel="nofollow">Constantine XI</a></p><p>Now I admit to knowing very little about Byzantine coins and I would like some help with this one. (I only have seller&#039;s pictures at this time.)</p><p>Is it Michael VIII?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]741676[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]741677[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]741678[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]741679[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]741680[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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