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<p>[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 4545779, member: 95174"]<a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=940" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=940" rel="nofollow">John II</a> Comnenus- Son of Alexius, born into the purple. One of the most interesting of rulers and is considered to be one of the best Emperors the empire ever <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=had" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=had" rel="nofollow">had</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>John the beautiful was not an attractive man, he received the nickname because of <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=his" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=his" rel="nofollow">his</a> pious ways. <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=his" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=his" rel="nofollow">His</a> coinage was simple </p><p>He has two <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=2662" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=2662" rel="nofollow">Constantinople</a> issues of tetartera.</p><p><br /></p><p>SBCV-1945, SBCV-1946. Both are interesting issues but SBCV-1946 is rarer.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1125353[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>He <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=had" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=had" rel="nofollow">had</a> 4 issues of tetartera created in <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1972" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1972" rel="nofollow">Thessalonica</a>, <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=sbcv" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=sbcv" rel="nofollow">SBCV</a> -1953 ( two variations exist of this coin, the difference is a <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=bust" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=bust" rel="nofollow">bust</a> of <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1023&pos=0#Biblical-Coins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1023&pos=0#Biblical-Coins" rel="nofollow">Christ</a> or a not listed 2/3rds figure of <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1023&pos=0#Biblical-Coins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1023&pos=0#Biblical-Coins" rel="nofollow">Christ</a>) Another issue not listed in <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=sear" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=sear" rel="nofollow">Sear</a> but is listed in DOCIV and CLBC and two half tetartera SBCV-1954 SBCV-1955</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1125354[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1125355[/ATTACH] </p><p>Now we approach the coinage of <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=manuel%20i%20comnenus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=manuel%20i%20comnenus" rel="nofollow">Manuel I Comnenus</a>, <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=his" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=his" rel="nofollow">his</a> coinage is by far the most abundant of the 12th century, one major occurrence happens in the <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=denomination" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=denomination" rel="nofollow">denomination</a> know as <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tetarteron" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tetarteron" rel="nofollow">tetarteron</a>. The silver content in <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=his" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=his" rel="nofollow">his</a> <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=2662" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=2662" rel="nofollow">Constantinople</a> issues <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=still" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=still" rel="nofollow">still</a> exist but the silver content becomes lower. The major find has to do with the <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1972" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1972" rel="nofollow">Thessalonica</a> minted coinage. CLBC introduced an interesting theory of coin die sizes, their measurement of the dies <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=had" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=had" rel="nofollow">had</a> remained consistent for each coin, during the reign of Manuel, three die sizes became in use 18mm, 15mm and 12mm. I noticed the inconsistency in the <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=18" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=18" rel="nofollow">catalog</a> when noting a half <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tetarteron" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tetarteron" rel="nofollow">tetarteron</a> at 15mm when my <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=872&pos=0&open=872" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=872&pos=0&open=872" rel="nofollow">collection</a> contained a 12mm , after pursuing the theory further I noted Manuel, Andronicus , Isaacc II all issued the same design coins but in three sizes. ( Fig 1 Manuel) These findings do show a <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=3148" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=3148" rel="nofollow">consistency</a> in sizes but again not in <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=weight" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=weight" rel="nofollow">weight</a>. I do not have enough examples to prove three coin sizes represent 3 <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1672" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1672" rel="nofollow">denominations</a>. I have seen this enough in various <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Auction/APViewInCat.asp?ID=5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Auction/APViewInCat.asp?ID=5" rel="nofollow">auctions</a> but without a record of <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1993" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1993" rel="nofollow">weights</a> for each coin die size I cannot prove it to be three <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1672" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1672" rel="nofollow">denominations</a>. So it must remain a theory. I also need to mention another <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tetarteron" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tetarteron" rel="nofollow">tetarteron</a> <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=denomination" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=denomination" rel="nofollow">denomination</a> for Manuel has been reported , a large coin thought to be a triple <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tetarteron" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tetarteron" rel="nofollow">tetarteron</a>, this was mentioned in <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=doc%20iv" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=doc%20iv" rel="nofollow">DOC IV</a> as a find by Simon Bendal, I have not seen pictures of the coin but its <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=weight" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=weight" rel="nofollow">weight</a> was listed over 10gm. This is interesting because some of the St George issues are reported over 7gm did that make them double tetartera? As of now I have found no other reference to the triple tetartera. </p><p><br /></p><p>For Manuel, he issued 4 <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=2662" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=2662" rel="nofollow">Constantinople</a> issues.</p><p><br /></p><p>SBCV-1967, SBCV-1968 ( A variation of this exists with Manuel holding a labrum) SBCV-1969 ( This one is very similar to <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=his" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=his" rel="nofollow">his</a> Johns coin but <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=had" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=had" rel="nofollow">had</a> a X on the <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=standard" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=standard" rel="nofollow">standard</a>, it is difficult to come by) and <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=sbcv" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=sbcv" rel="nofollow">SBCV</a> 1970.</p><p><br /></p><p>The <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1972" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1972" rel="nofollow">Thessalonica</a> issues </p><p>SBCV-1975 This is the St George coin, three coin sizes exist here 18mm, 15mm, 12mm</p><p>SBCV-1976 Two die sizes 18mm and 15mm</p><p>SBCV-1977- Rarer of the two <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=monograms" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=monograms" rel="nofollow">monograms</a>, </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1125360[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>SBCV-1978 and <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=sbcv" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=sbcv" rel="nofollow">SBCV</a> 1981 ( Fig 2) I believe is a mistake, they are the same coin. Nothing different about these two coins visually, the die sizes are equal. The original differentiation between the two issues was that <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1023&pos=0#Biblical-Coins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1023&pos=0#Biblical-Coins" rel="nofollow">Christ</a> was bearded on one but not on the other, this was <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=corrected" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=corrected" rel="nofollow">corrected</a> in 1979 <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=doc%20iv" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=doc%20iv" rel="nofollow">DOC IV</a> neither coin has <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1023&pos=0#Biblical-Coins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1023&pos=0#Biblical-Coins" rel="nofollow">Christ</a> with a beard. The CLBC <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=18" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=18" rel="nofollow">catalog</a> also believes these coins to be the same. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1125361[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>SBCV-1979 – Different <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=monogram" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=monogram" rel="nofollow">Monogram</a> only slightly different in <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=style" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=style" rel="nofollow">style</a>, cleaner straight-line coin that seems to weigh less than SBCV-1977[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 4545779, member: 95174"][URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=940']John II[/URL] Comnenus- Son of Alexius, born into the purple. One of the most interesting of rulers and is considered to be one of the best Emperors the empire ever [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=had']had[/URL]. John the beautiful was not an attractive man, he received the nickname because of [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=his']his[/URL] pious ways. [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=his']His[/URL] coinage was simple He has two [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=2662']Constantinople[/URL] issues of tetartera. SBCV-1945, SBCV-1946. Both are interesting issues but SBCV-1946 is rarer. [ATTACH=full]1125353[/ATTACH] He [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=had']had[/URL] 4 issues of tetartera created in [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1972']Thessalonica[/URL], [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=sbcv']SBCV[/URL] -1953 ( two variations exist of this coin, the difference is a [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=bust']bust[/URL] of [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1023&pos=0#Biblical-Coins']Christ[/URL] or a not listed 2/3rds figure of [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1023&pos=0#Biblical-Coins']Christ[/URL]) Another issue not listed in [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=sear']Sear[/URL] but is listed in DOCIV and CLBC and two half tetartera SBCV-1954 SBCV-1955 [ATTACH=full]1125354[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1125355[/ATTACH] Now we approach the coinage of [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=manuel%20i%20comnenus']Manuel I Comnenus[/URL], [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=his']his[/URL] coinage is by far the most abundant of the 12th century, one major occurrence happens in the [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=denomination']denomination[/URL] know as [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tetarteron']tetarteron[/URL]. The silver content in [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=his']his[/URL] [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=2662']Constantinople[/URL] issues [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=still']still[/URL] exist but the silver content becomes lower. The major find has to do with the [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1972']Thessalonica[/URL] minted coinage. CLBC introduced an interesting theory of coin die sizes, their measurement of the dies [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=had']had[/URL] remained consistent for each coin, during the reign of Manuel, three die sizes became in use 18mm, 15mm and 12mm. I noticed the inconsistency in the [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=18']catalog[/URL] when noting a half [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tetarteron']tetarteron[/URL] at 15mm when my [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=872&pos=0&open=872']collection[/URL] contained a 12mm , after pursuing the theory further I noted Manuel, Andronicus , Isaacc II all issued the same design coins but in three sizes. ( Fig 1 Manuel) These findings do show a [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=3148']consistency[/URL] in sizes but again not in [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=weight']weight[/URL]. I do not have enough examples to prove three coin sizes represent 3 [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1672']denominations[/URL]. I have seen this enough in various [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Auction/APViewInCat.asp?ID=5']auctions[/URL] but without a record of [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1993']weights[/URL] for each coin die size I cannot prove it to be three [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1672']denominations[/URL]. So it must remain a theory. I also need to mention another [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tetarteron']tetarteron[/URL] [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=denomination']denomination[/URL] for Manuel has been reported , a large coin thought to be a triple [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tetarteron']tetarteron[/URL], this was mentioned in [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=doc%20iv']DOC IV[/URL] as a find by Simon Bendal, I have not seen pictures of the coin but its [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=weight']weight[/URL] was listed over 10gm. This is interesting because some of the St George issues are reported over 7gm did that make them double tetartera? As of now I have found no other reference to the triple tetartera. For Manuel, he issued 4 [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=2662']Constantinople[/URL] issues. SBCV-1967, SBCV-1968 ( A variation of this exists with Manuel holding a labrum) SBCV-1969 ( This one is very similar to [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=his']his[/URL] Johns coin but [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=had']had[/URL] a X on the [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=standard']standard[/URL], it is difficult to come by) and [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=sbcv']SBCV[/URL] 1970. The [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1972']Thessalonica[/URL] issues SBCV-1975 This is the St George coin, three coin sizes exist here 18mm, 15mm, 12mm SBCV-1976 Two die sizes 18mm and 15mm SBCV-1977- Rarer of the two [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=monograms']monograms[/URL], [ATTACH=full]1125360[/ATTACH] SBCV-1978 and [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=sbcv']SBCV[/URL] 1981 ( Fig 2) I believe is a mistake, they are the same coin. Nothing different about these two coins visually, the die sizes are equal. The original differentiation between the two issues was that [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1023&pos=0#Biblical-Coins']Christ[/URL] was bearded on one but not on the other, this was [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=corrected']corrected[/URL] in 1979 [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=doc%20iv']DOC IV[/URL] neither coin has [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1023&pos=0#Biblical-Coins']Christ[/URL] with a beard. The CLBC [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=18']catalog[/URL] also believes these coins to be the same. [ATTACH=full]1125361[/ATTACH] SBCV-1979 – Different [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=monogram']Monogram[/URL] only slightly different in [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=style']style[/URL], cleaner straight-line coin that seems to weigh less than SBCV-1977[/QUOTE]
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