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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2141868, member: 56859&quot;]<b><font size="6"><span style="color: #ff0000">CONSTANTINOPLE</span></font></b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_24f27e1ccfbe499191d544f6f32b6215.jpg_srb_p_1000_512_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Anastasius I, CE 491-518</b></p><p>AE follis,&nbsp; 33 mm, 17.0 gm</p><p>Constantinople mint, CE 512-517</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; DN ANASTASIVS P P AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: Large M, star to left, cross above, star to right, officina letter below, mintmark CON</p><p>Ref: SB 39</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_8e5f335f9ce8427e874c3496bc11b1d0.jpg_srb_p_850_442_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Constantine IV Pogonatus, CE 668-685</b></p><p>AV tremissis, 1.4 gm, 17 mm</p><p>Constantinople mint</p><p>Obv: DN CONSTANTINUS PPAG; Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: VICTORIA AVGUS; cross potent; CONOB</p><p>Ref: SB 1161</p><p><i>Mick Jagger&#039;s greatgreatgreat...great grandfather?</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_20463fd3fb82418aa86f0bad67435346.jpg_srb_p_1000_506_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><b>Leo VI (The Wise), CE 886-912</b></p><p>AE follis, 26 mm, 8.5 gm</p><p>Constantinople mint</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; +LEOn bASILEVS ROM*; Leo, crowned and wearing loros, seated facing on lyre-backed throne, holding labarum and akakia</p><p>Rev: +LEOn EnΘEObA SILEVSR OMEOn legend in four lines</p><p>Ref: SB 1728; DOC 5</p><p><br /></p><p>...and <a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!other/cvy2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!other/cvy2" rel="nofollow">many more Byzantines</a> which I won&#039;t post here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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