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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2607337, member: 44316&quot;]Thanks for posting your new coins. Byzantine AE is a great area to collect. They are inexpensive and the Byzantine empire is loaded with history. </p><p>&nbsp; If you don&#039;t know any Byzantine history, I recommend you read Norwich&#039;s <i>Byzantium: A Short History, </i>which is his abridgment of his <i><i>Byzantium</i> </i>(in three volumes). These concentrate almost entirely on the stories of the emperors. If are not much of a reader, the stories are so fascinating you might read more pages more easily than you expect.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a coin of Heraclius (610-641) I got in 2016.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]570094[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]570095[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Heraclius, Heraclius Constantine on right, empress Martina on left.</p><p>The usual Byzantine large &quot;M&quot;, with CON for Constantinople below and ANNO for &quot;year&quot; above and 15 (624/5) to the right and a monogram of Heraclius on the left of the M.</p><p>Sear 808. 24-19 mm. Thick, 7.24 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>The history of the long reign of Heraclius is complicated and filled with ups and downs. Some famous numismatic advice is &quot;Buy the book before the coin,&quot; but in this case you might buy a few (very inexpensive) Byzantine AE coins and then buy the book to make them come alive in your mind.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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