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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2490073, member: 57495&quot;]How Byzantine coins look is the main reason why I don&#039;t collect them... my sense of aesthetics is just narrow that way.&nbsp; However, for me, the hexagram is one of those coins that is just too cool to not have, if only because I like the idea that it was formerly a piece of Byzantine church silverware... and, taking things one step further, before it had become a church plate or lamp holder, it was possibly siliquae, argentii or denarii of the older Empire that was melted down for use.&nbsp; The full circle of coin life... from coin, to silverware, and back to coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]526889[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>BYZANTINE EMPIRE</b></p><p><b>Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine</b></p><p>AR Hexagram. 6.42g, 25mm. Constantinople mint, AD 615-638. DOC 64; Hahn MIB 140; Sear Byzantine 798. O: ∂∂ NN hЄRACLIЧ Єτ hЄRA COnS, Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine seated facing on double throne, each crowned and holding globus cruciger; cross between. R: ∂ЄЧS A∂IЧτA ROmANIS, cross potent on globe above three steps; K to right.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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