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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2210519, member: 74282&quot;]Absolutely amazing and beautiful coin as always, AJ!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one that I bought largely because it shows a bit about the minting process of Byzantine scyphate coins(and due to it being really nice quality for the price). The shape of this coin made it very hard to light without getting hotspots, but you can still see in the middle of the obverse that the coin was struck twice. This is because with these scyphate(cup-shaped) coins, to raise the full design required striking twice, once from each side, and so you get a sort of double-vision effect near the center on many of these types.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]431819[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Byzantine. Isaac II &quot;Angelus&quot;. A.D. 1185-1195. Billon Aspron Trachy. Constantinople mint. Obverse: The Virgin enthroned facing, nimbate and wearing pallium and maphorium; She holds before Her nimbate head of the infant Christ facing; on either side of nimbus, MP - OV. Reverse: Isaac standing facing, wearing crown, divitision, loros and sagion; he holds cruciform sceptre and akakia, and is crowned by manus Dei. Sear 2003.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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