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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Broucheion, post: 4688194, member: 104887&quot;]<b>Hi All,</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>One of the first coins I ever got before I started specializing was a Byzantine Sear-1868. </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Sear:</b></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1153125[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Mine:</b></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1153126[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>It did not photograph well but I notice there is some Arabic graffiti on the reverse near each of Michael&#039;s elbows. I have some close ups in the hopes that someone who reads Arabic could translate.</b></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1153127[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1153130[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1153128[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>(Graffito #2 may be upside down with a few stray lines in it). Any help is always appreciated.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>If you have any Byzantine coins with Arabic graffiti or countermarks, please feel free to show them off. </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>I noticed a coin currently for sale on eBay </b><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Byzantine-Gold-Histamenon-Nomisma-Michael-VII-1071-1078-AD-XF-SKU-210919/114188900741?_trkparms=aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20200520130048%26meid%3Df01b80bf17bf4275848c9e768fa40dc5%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26mehot%3Dpf%26sd%3D203055748552%26itm%3D114188900741%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DSimplAMLv5PairwiseWebWithBBEV2bDemotion&amp;_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Byzantine-Gold-Histamenon-Nomisma-Michael-VII-1071-1078-AD-XF-SKU-210919/114188900741?_trkparms=aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20200520130048%26meid%3Df01b80bf17bf4275848c9e768fa40dc5%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26mehot%3Dpf%26sd%3D203055748552%26itm%3D114188900741%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DSimplAMLv5PairwiseWebWithBBEV2bDemotion&amp;_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851" rel="nofollow"><b>[eBay item: 114188900741]</b></a><b> with more graffiti I can&#039;t read. Could it be runes? Images are below but size, weight and axis, were not provided.</b></p><p style="text-align: center"><b>[ATTACH=full]1153134[/ATTACH]</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1153133[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>- Broucheion</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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