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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Trachy Enjoyer, post: 7811389, member: 118358&quot;]Part 4. Nicaea and the Restored Empire</p><p><b>Michael VIII Continued</b></p><p>Sear 2323</p><p>Rare Dynastic issue</p><p>Half-length bust of St. Theodore facing, holding spear and shield decorated with star / Half-length busts of Andronicus and Michael facing, each holding labarum and sword between them; above, half-length bust of Archangel Michael</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1342023[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sear 2310[ATTACH=full]1342024[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Andronikos II</b></p><p>Sear 2383</p><p>Large patriarchal cross with wing to right; retrograde B on the left field. Rev. Andronicus standing facing, holding cross-in-circle and scepter; above left, Palaeologean monogram; on the lower right, star</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1342025[/ATTACH]</p><p>2370</p><p>Facing half-length bust of St Demetrius; large (reverted)B to left / Winged figure of Andronicus left, holding city model and sceptre.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1342026[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sear 2360</p><p>St. Demetrius standing facing, holding small cross to chest / Andronicus, holding cruciform scepter, standing facing, being crowned and blessed by the Virgin Mary; star above, retrograde B between</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1342033[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sear 2457</p><p>Full-length figures of Andronicus II, on right, wearing stemma, divitison and loros, holding cruciform scepter in left hand, and with right hand crowning Michael IX, on left, similarly attired, holdingscrciform scepter in right hand and anexikakia in left; in left and right fields, large six-pointed stars</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1342034[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, this concludes the highlights of my AE trachys! You will find these with many others coming to auction in a few months. This consignment does not mean I won&#039;t collect ancient coins anymore. Rather, it is a refocusing. I will still collect within this era and be here to help others. I will still be here posting questions to get help myself! Thanks for checking my post out if you have made it this far![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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