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<p>[QUOTE="Voulgaroktonou, post: 4835519, member: 84047"]Thank you for an interesting write up, and you have reminded me of Mansel's book" Constantinople: city of the world's desire, 1453 - 1924. I think I own it, so I'll dig it out and it will be my next read. Meanwhile, a few of my Constantinopolitans.</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine I, Constantinople, 327. Ae., 2.77 g. RIC 19. Labarum, above which, a Chi-Rho, piercing a serpent. (Poor photo - must retake)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169088[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantius II, Siliqua, Constantinople. RIC 102. 3.46 g. Ex G. de Falco Mar. 1961.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169091[/ATTACH]</p><p>Anastasius I. Constantinople. 512-17. Half follis. 9.62 gr. 24.5 mm. hr. 8. Sear 25A; Hahn 20a (this coin). Ex Vecchi 8, Dec. 4, 1997, lot 401. Published in The Celator, April 1999, “A Pair of holed rarities”. When the weights of the follis and its fractions were doubled in 512, the mint evidently considered that the increased size of the flans would allow for a figural reverse type, here a seated representation of Constantinople holding a globus cruciger.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169092[/ATTACH]</p><p>Anastasius I. Constantinople. 512-17. Decanummium. 4.30 gr. 20 mm. hr. 6. Sear 28A; Hahn 21. Triton XV, lot 1573. Examples exist for the type on the follis, its half, and quarter, but it evidently did not give satisfaction, and specimens are extremely rare today. I will not live long enough (or be able to afford) a follis, should one come on the market, so I will be content with that line from Meatloaf, “Two out of three ain't bad.”</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169093[/ATTACH]</p><p>Leo III. Constantinople, 717-41. Decanummium. 1.44 gr. 19 mm. hr. 6. Sear 1521; Hahn 28. Ex Berk/England Dec. 7, 1989, lot 288.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169094[/ATTACH]</p><p>And running to the end of things:</p><p>Constantine XI. Constantinople. 1449/53. Eighth Stavraton. 0.63 gr. 12.7 mm. hr. 11. Sear -;DO 1789. Bendall, “The coinage of Constantine XI” (Revue Numismatique 1991, pp. 134-142), #110 (this coin).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169095[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> <b> </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Voulgaroktonou, post: 4835519, member: 84047"]Thank you for an interesting write up, and you have reminded me of Mansel's book" Constantinople: city of the world's desire, 1453 - 1924. I think I own it, so I'll dig it out and it will be my next read. Meanwhile, a few of my Constantinopolitans. Constantine I, Constantinople, 327. Ae., 2.77 g. RIC 19. Labarum, above which, a Chi-Rho, piercing a serpent. (Poor photo - must retake) [ATTACH=full]1169088[/ATTACH] Constantius II, Siliqua, Constantinople. RIC 102. 3.46 g. Ex G. de Falco Mar. 1961. [ATTACH=full]1169091[/ATTACH] Anastasius I. Constantinople. 512-17. Half follis. 9.62 gr. 24.5 mm. hr. 8. Sear 25A; Hahn 20a (this coin). Ex Vecchi 8, Dec. 4, 1997, lot 401. Published in The Celator, April 1999, “A Pair of holed rarities”. When the weights of the follis and its fractions were doubled in 512, the mint evidently considered that the increased size of the flans would allow for a figural reverse type, here a seated representation of Constantinople holding a globus cruciger. [ATTACH=full]1169092[/ATTACH] Anastasius I. Constantinople. 512-17. Decanummium. 4.30 gr. 20 mm. hr. 6. Sear 28A; Hahn 21. Triton XV, lot 1573. Examples exist for the type on the follis, its half, and quarter, but it evidently did not give satisfaction, and specimens are extremely rare today. I will not live long enough (or be able to afford) a follis, should one come on the market, so I will be content with that line from Meatloaf, “Two out of three ain't bad.” [ATTACH=full]1169093[/ATTACH] Leo III. Constantinople, 717-41. Decanummium. 1.44 gr. 19 mm. hr. 6. Sear 1521; Hahn 28. Ex Berk/England Dec. 7, 1989, lot 288. [ATTACH=full]1169094[/ATTACH] And running to the end of things: Constantine XI. Constantinople. 1449/53. Eighth Stavraton. 0.63 gr. 12.7 mm. hr. 11. Sear -;DO 1789. Bendall, “The coinage of Constantine XI” (Revue Numismatique 1991, pp. 134-142), #110 (this coin). [ATTACH=full]1169095[/ATTACH] [B] . [/B][/QUOTE]
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