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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nap, post: 2490502, member: 73099&quot;]Because these are so ugly and poorly struck, they are a mess to try to identify.&nbsp; They can easily be confused with coins of John VIII, which are much more common.&nbsp; If you are considering buying a coin purported to be of Constantine XI, make sure you can trace it to the Bendall hoard (99% of the known coins, especially the late siege issues, are from this hoard).&nbsp; All of the coins were illustrated and should be identifiable.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.persee.fr/doc/numi_0484-8942_1991_num_6_33_1959" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.persee.fr/doc/numi_0484-8942_1991_num_6_33_1959" rel="nofollow">http://www.persee.fr/doc/numi_0484-8942_1991_num_6_33_1959</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The plates can be found here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.persee.fr/doc/numi_0484-8942_1991_num_6_33_2709" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.persee.fr/doc/numi_0484-8942_1991_num_6_33_2709" rel="nofollow">http://www.persee.fr/doc/numi_0484-8942_1991_num_6_33_2709</a></p><p><br /></p><p>If you find a coin not of this hoard, be extremely skeptical unless you really trust the source.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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