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<p>[QUOTE="Quant.Geek, post: 2954063, member: 74799"]Since you asked <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I acquired about 130 Byzantine coins in 2017 and that doesn't include the lots I mentioned in an earlier thread. These are individual, coin purchases. So, I'll post the top ones that I haven't posted already in random order...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>_________________________________________________________</b></p><p><b> Byzantine Empire: Heraclius (610-641 CE) Æ 6 Nummi, Alexandria (Sear-864; DOC 200; MIB 211)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv: Large S</p><p>Rev: Palm tree with dates</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/Sear-864.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>_________________________________________________________</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Byzantine Empire: Leo IV the Khazar (775-780) Æ Follis, Constantinople (Sear-1586; DOC 4) </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: Crowned facing busts of Leo IV and Constantine VI, each wearing chlamys; cross in field above</p><p>Rev: Crowned facing busts of Leo III and Constantine V each wearing loros, set on horizontal bar; B A across field; below, M above A, flanked by X and N</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-1586%281%29.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>_________________________________________________________</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Byzantine Empire: Michael VIII Palaeologus (1261-1282) Æ Trachy, Thessalonica (Sear 2301; DOC 161) </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: Winged patriarchal cross</p><p>Rev: Michael, holding labarum, and St. Demetrius, holding spear, standing facing, both grasping sword; large 8-point star above</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-2301.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>_________________________________________________________</b></p><p><b><b>Byzantine Empire: Justinian I (527-565 CE) Æ Pentanummium, Theoupolis (Sear 242; DOC 269; MIBE 142) </b> </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: Large Є with cross at center</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-242.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>_________________________________________________________</b></p><p><b>Byzantine Empire: Anastasius I (491-518 CE) AV Tremissis, Constantinople (Sear 8; DOC 10; MIBE 12) </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv: <i>DN ANASTASIVS PP AVG</i>; pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: <i>VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM</i>; Victory advancing right, head left, holding wreath and cross on globe, star to right; CONOB in exergue</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-8.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>_________________________________________________________</b></p><p><b>Byzantine Empire: Justin I (518-527 CE) Æ Pentanummium, Antioch (Sear 111; DOC 57)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv: <i>DN IVSTINVS PP AV</i>; diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: Tyche of Antioch, turreted, seated left within columned shrine with half submerged figure of river-god Orontes swimming at her feet, retrograde Є to left</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-111.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>_________________________________________________________</b></p><p><b>Byzantine Empire: Justinian I (527-565) Æ Follis, Nicomedia (Sear 199; DOC 110; MIBE 105) </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv: Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: Large M; cross above and flanking, B below; NIKM in exergue</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-199%281%29.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>_________________________________________________________</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Byzantine Empire: Tiberius II Constantine (578-582 CE) Æ Follis, Theopolis, RY 8 (Sear 448; DOC 44; MIBE 47) </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv: Crowned facing bust, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped scepter</p><p>Rev: Large M; cross above, date across field; tHЄUP' in exergue</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-448.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>_________________________________________________________</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Byzantine Empire: Justinian I (527-565) Æ Follis, Constantinople, RY 13 (Sear 163; DOC 38b; MIBE 95a) </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv: <i>D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG</i>; Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right</p><p>Rev: Large M; date across field, cross above, B below; CON in exergue</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-163.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>_________________________________________________________</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Byzantine Empire: Justinian I (527-565) Æ Follis, Theoupolis, RY 21 (Sear 220; DOC 218e; MIBE 145c) </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv: <i>D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG</i>; Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right</p><p>Rev: Large M; date across field, cross above, date across field, cross above, Є below; QHЧΠ in exergue, pellet above Π</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-220.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>_________________________________________________________</b></p><p><b><b> Byzantine Empire: Justinian I (527-565) Æ Follis, Theoupolis, RY 25 (Sear 221; DOC 221; MIBE 146) </b> </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: <i>D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG</i>; Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right</p><p>Rev: Large M; date across field, cross above, date across field, cross above, B below; τHЧΠ in exergue</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-221.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>_________________________________________________________</b></p><p><b><b> </b></b></p><p><b><b>Byzantine Empire: Justin I (518-527 CE) Æ Follis, Thessalonica (Sear-78; DOC 23; MIBE 70)</b></b></p><p><b><b><br /></b></b></p><p>Obv: <i>DN IVSTINVS PP AVG</i>; Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: Large M; cross above, star to left and right; THЄSSOB in exergue</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-78.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>_________________________________________________________</b></p><p><b><b> </b></b></p><p><b><b><br /></b></b></p><p><b>Byzantine Empire: Manuel I Comnenus (1143-1180 CE) Tetarteron, Constantinople (Sear-1968) </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: <i>MP-ΘV</i>; Virgin Hagiosoritissa, nimbate, wearing pallium and maphorium, standing slightly right, raising hands to Manus Dei to upper right</p><p>Rev: <i>ΜΑΝVΗΛ-ΔЄCΠΟΤΗC</i>; Manuel, bearded, standing facing, wearing crown, divitision, loros and sagion, cruciform sceptre in right hand, akakia in left</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-1968.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>_________________________________________________________</b></p><p><b><b> </b></b></p><p><b><b><br /></b></b></p><p><b>Byzantine Empire: Romanus IV Diogenes (1068-1071 CE) AV Histamenon Nomisma, Constantinople (Sear 1859; DOC 1) </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: + PΩMAN.-ЄVΔKΠCH; central figure of nimbate Christ, standing facing on dais, reaching up with both hands to crown Romanus (on left), and Eudocia (on right), each wearing crown and loros and holding globus cruciger with inner hand; IC-XC across fields</p><p>Rev: KΩN-MX-ANΔ; three figures of Michael VII (in center), Constantius (on left) and Andronicus (on right) standing facing on circular cushions, each crowned and wearing saccos and loros; Michael holding transverse jeweled vexillum in right hand and akakia in left, the other two each holding globus cruciger in outer hand and akakia in inner hand</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-1859.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>_________________________________________________________</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b> <b> Byzantine Empire: Maurice Tiberius (582-602 AD) Æ Pentanummium, Antioch (Sear-540; MIB-104)</b></b></p><p><b><b><br /></b></b></p><p>Obv: Sear Monogram 16 of Maurice Tiberius</p><p>Rev: Large Ч, pellet within, cross above</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-540.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Quant.Geek, post: 2954063, member: 74799"]Since you asked ;). I acquired about 130 Byzantine coins in 2017 and that doesn't include the lots I mentioned in an earlier thread. These are individual, coin purchases. So, I'll post the top ones that I haven't posted already in random order... [B]_________________________________________________________ Byzantine Empire: Heraclius (610-641 CE) Æ 6 Nummi, Alexandria (Sear-864; DOC 200; MIB 211) [/B] Obv: Large S Rev: Palm tree with dates [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/Sear-864.jpg[/IMG] [B]_________________________________________________________ Byzantine Empire: Leo IV the Khazar (775-780) Æ Follis, Constantinople (Sear-1586; DOC 4) [/B] Obv: Crowned facing busts of Leo IV and Constantine VI, each wearing chlamys; cross in field above Rev: Crowned facing busts of Leo III and Constantine V each wearing loros, set on horizontal bar; B A across field; below, M above A, flanked by X and N [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-1586%281%29.jpg[/IMG] [B]_________________________________________________________ Byzantine Empire: Michael VIII Palaeologus (1261-1282) Æ Trachy, Thessalonica (Sear 2301; DOC 161) [/B] Obv: Winged patriarchal cross Rev: Michael, holding labarum, and St. Demetrius, holding spear, standing facing, both grasping sword; large 8-point star above [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-2301.jpg[/IMG] [B]_________________________________________________________ [B]Byzantine Empire: Justinian I (527-565 CE) Æ Pentanummium, Theoupolis (Sear 242; DOC 269; MIBE 142) [/B] [/B] Obv: Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right Rev: Large Є with cross at center [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-242.jpg[/IMG] [B]_________________________________________________________ Byzantine Empire: Anastasius I (491-518 CE) AV Tremissis, Constantinople (Sear 8; DOC 10; MIBE 12) [/B] Obv: [I]DN ANASTASIVS PP AVG[/I]; pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right Rev: [I]VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM[/I]; Victory advancing right, head left, holding wreath and cross on globe, star to right; CONOB in exergue [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-8.jpg[/IMG] [B]_________________________________________________________ Byzantine Empire: Justin I (518-527 CE) Æ Pentanummium, Antioch (Sear 111; DOC 57) [/B] Obv: [I]DN IVSTINVS PP AV[/I]; diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right Rev: Tyche of Antioch, turreted, seated left within columned shrine with half submerged figure of river-god Orontes swimming at her feet, retrograde Є to left [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-111.jpg[/IMG] [B]_________________________________________________________ Byzantine Empire: Justinian I (527-565) Æ Follis, Nicomedia (Sear 199; DOC 110; MIBE 105) [/B] Obv: Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right Rev: Large M; cross above and flanking, B below; NIKM in exergue [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-199%281%29.jpg[/IMG] [B]_________________________________________________________ Byzantine Empire: Tiberius II Constantine (578-582 CE) Æ Follis, Theopolis, RY 8 (Sear 448; DOC 44; MIBE 47) [/B] Obv: Crowned facing bust, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped scepter Rev: Large M; cross above, date across field; tHЄUP' in exergue [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-448.jpg[/IMG] [B]_________________________________________________________ Byzantine Empire: Justinian I (527-565) Æ Follis, Constantinople, RY 13 (Sear 163; DOC 38b; MIBE 95a) [/B] Obv: [I]D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG[/I]; Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right Rev: Large M; date across field, cross above, B below; CON in exergue [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-163.jpg[/IMG] [B]_________________________________________________________ Byzantine Empire: Justinian I (527-565) Æ Follis, Theoupolis, RY 21 (Sear 220; DOC 218e; MIBE 145c) [/B] Obv: [I]D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG[/I]; Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right Rev: Large M; date across field, cross above, date across field, cross above, Є below; QHЧΠ in exergue, pellet above Π [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-220.jpg[/IMG] [B] _________________________________________________________ [B] Byzantine Empire: Justinian I (527-565) Æ Follis, Theoupolis, RY 25 (Sear 221; DOC 221; MIBE 146) [/B] [/B] Obv: [I]D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG[/I]; Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right Rev: Large M; date across field, cross above, date across field, cross above, B below; τHЧΠ in exergue [B][/B] [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-221.jpg[/IMG] [B]_________________________________________________________ [B] Byzantine Empire: Justin I (518-527 CE) Æ Follis, Thessalonica (Sear-78; DOC 23; MIBE 70) [/B][/B] Obv: [I]DN IVSTINVS PP AVG[/I]; Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right Rev: Large M; cross above, star to left and right; THЄSSOB in exergue [B][/B] [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-78.jpg[/IMG] [B]_________________________________________________________ [B] [/B] Byzantine Empire: Manuel I Comnenus (1143-1180 CE) Tetarteron, Constantinople (Sear-1968) [/B] Obv: [I]MP-ΘV[/I]; Virgin Hagiosoritissa, nimbate, wearing pallium and maphorium, standing slightly right, raising hands to Manus Dei to upper right Rev: [I]ΜΑΝVΗΛ-ΔЄCΠΟΤΗC[/I]; Manuel, bearded, standing facing, wearing crown, divitision, loros and sagion, cruciform sceptre in right hand, akakia in left [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-1968.jpg[/IMG] [B]_________________________________________________________ [B] [/B] Byzantine Empire: Romanus IV Diogenes (1068-1071 CE) AV Histamenon Nomisma, Constantinople (Sear 1859; DOC 1) [/B] Obv: + PΩMAN.-ЄVΔKΠCH; central figure of nimbate Christ, standing facing on dais, reaching up with both hands to crown Romanus (on left), and Eudocia (on right), each wearing crown and loros and holding globus cruciger with inner hand; IC-XC across fields Rev: KΩN-MX-ANΔ; three figures of Michael VII (in center), Constantius (on left) and Andronicus (on right) standing facing on circular cushions, each crowned and wearing saccos and loros; Michael holding transverse jeweled vexillum in right hand and akakia in left, the other two each holding globus cruciger in outer hand and akakia in inner hand [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-1859.jpg[/IMG] [B]_________________________________________________________ [B] [/B][/B] [B] [B] Byzantine Empire: Maurice Tiberius (582-602 AD) Æ Pentanummium, Antioch (Sear-540; MIB-104) [/B][/B] Obv: Sear Monogram 16 of Maurice Tiberius Rev: Large Ч, pellet within, cross above [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-540.jpg[/IMG] [B] [/B][/QUOTE]
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