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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3279999, member: 85693&quot;]That&#039;s a nifty pile of Byzantine cup coins, Jason NZ.&nbsp; Sorry I can&#039;t help with attributions...</p><p><br /></p><p>Actually, if it is okay to hijack a thread a little bit, I just got 3 Byzantine cup coins from eBay for $0.99.&nbsp; One of them is so crusted over with green I gave up on it, but the other two are actually quite nice (by my standards).&nbsp; Anyway, I spent a lot of time trolling online pictures of trachys (trachea?) and feel as if I am close, but not quite there yet. </p><p><br /></p><p>I <i>think</i> they might be:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Isaac II Angelus</b></p><p><b>Billon Aspron Trachy</b></p><p><b>(1185-1195 A.D.)&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Constantinople Mint</b></p><p>[MP] - ΘV, Mary seated with head of infant Christ / [I CAA</p><p>KI OC] left, DEC PO TH C rt., Isaac, standing with sceptre and</p><p>akakia, [hand of God upper rt.].</p><p>SB 2003; BMC 19-31.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I have some doubts about mine being SB 2003.&nbsp; The emperor&#039;s arm is held upward, crooked, on mine and his scepter seems to be more of a labrum than a cross (as typically described).&nbsp; Also, the size of the flans as well as the size of the image/legends are different.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have enough experience to be comfortable assigning &quot;variations&quot; to these.&nbsp; Here are the sizes:</p><p><br /></p><p>(3.19 grams / 22 mm)</p><p>(1.39 grams / 22 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the photos.&nbsp; Any help would be greatly appreciated:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]866985[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]866986[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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