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<p>[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 4545795, member: 95174"]Here is a brief overview on the coins Isaac Comnenus Usurper of Cyprus, I have not gone in to detail on any of the biography of the rulers, in the later years from Andronicus to <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=939" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=939" rel="nofollow">Alexius III</a> they just became evil or incontempant.</p><p><br /></p><p>Isaac Comnenus Usurper of Cyprus, He minted several tetartera, all are <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=scarce" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=scarce" rel="nofollow">scarce</a> , several new <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1678" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1678" rel="nofollow">types</a> are noted in CLBC but unlike tetartera from the legal empire there are many variations, in attire, legends, I <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> jokingly thought this man was a coin collector. The variations for such a short reign were numerous. <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> coins also contained a very small amount of silver imitating the <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>It is interesting to note 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> copper mines in Cyprus, I believe those same mines were used during the time of <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=883" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=883" rel="nofollow">Alexius I</a>, we have two issues of <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=883" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=883" rel="nofollow">Alexius I</a> that seem to be prevalent in Cyprus, we have no documents mentioning any mints in Cyprus during <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> time but with the inclusion of Isaac of Cyprus coinage the possibility of an active <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Mint%20Marks" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Mint%20Marks" rel="nofollow">mint</a> there during <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=883" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=883" rel="nofollow">Alexius I</a> reign becomes much more plausible. </p><p><br /></p><p><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> numbers several of the main ones</p><p>SBCV-1993</p><p><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> -1994</p><p>SBCV- 1995 </p><p>SBCV-1996</p><p>SBCV-1998</p><p>SBCV-1999</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1125370[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Several of these issues were once thought to belong to Isaac II the legitimate emperor of the Empire, by DOCIV Michael <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=hendy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=hendy" rel="nofollow">Hendy</a> <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> sorted the doubt out. As far as I am concerned all of these stay belonging to Isaac of Cyprus.</p><p>CLBC adds several issues into <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=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>. You can download a sample that just has the Isaac Comnenus chapter. The book is excellent for its line drawings, they made it so much easier for collectors to understand the imagery described and it easily replaces the plates that most catalogs offer. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://orthodoxcoins.com/books/catalogue-of-late-byzantine-coins-vol1/intro-chap6.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://orthodoxcoins.com/books/catalogue-of-late-byzantine-coins-vol1/intro-chap6.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://orthodoxcoins.com/books/catalogue-of-late-byzantine-coins-vol1/intro-chap6.pdf</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>One of the authors Val has passed away, however the book is <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> available for purchase from <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> son, I bought as second copy from him just to insure I never lost this <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=work" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=work" rel="nofollow">work</a>. The authors definitely created a wonderful visual aid for collectors.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 4545795, member: 95174"]Here is a brief overview on the coins Isaac Comnenus Usurper of Cyprus, I have not gone in to detail on any of the biography of the rulers, in the later years from Andronicus to [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=939']Alexius III[/URL] they just became evil or incontempant. Isaac Comnenus Usurper of Cyprus, He minted several tetartera, all are [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=scarce']scarce[/URL] , several new [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1678']types[/URL] are noted in CLBC but unlike tetartera from the legal empire there are many variations, in attire, legends, I [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=had']had[/URL] jokingly thought this man was a coin collector. The variations for such a short reign were numerous. [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=his']His[/URL] coins also contained a very small amount of silver imitating the [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=2662']Constantinople[/URL] issues. It is interesting to note he [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=had']had[/URL] copper mines in Cyprus, I believe those same mines were used during the time of [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=883']Alexius I[/URL], we have two issues of [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=883']Alexius I[/URL] that seem to be prevalent in Cyprus, we have no documents mentioning any mints in Cyprus during [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=his']his[/URL] time but with the inclusion of Isaac of Cyprus coinage the possibility of an active [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Mint%20Marks']mint[/URL] there during [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=883']Alexius I[/URL] reign becomes much more plausible. [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=sear']Sear[/URL] numbers several of the main ones SBCV-1993 [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=sbcv']SBCV[/URL] -1994 SBCV- 1995 SBCV-1996 SBCV-1998 SBCV-1999 [ATTACH=full]1125370[/ATTACH] Several of these issues were once thought to belong to Isaac II the legitimate emperor of the Empire, by DOCIV Michael [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=hendy']Hendy[/URL] [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=had']had[/URL] sorted the doubt out. As far as I am concerned all of these stay belonging to Isaac of Cyprus. CLBC adds several issues into [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=his']his[/URL] [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=18']catalog[/URL]. You can download a sample that just has the Isaac Comnenus chapter. The book is excellent for its line drawings, they made it so much easier for collectors to understand the imagery described and it easily replaces the plates that most catalogs offer. [URL]http://orthodoxcoins.com/books/catalogue-of-late-byzantine-coins-vol1/intro-chap6.pdf[/URL] One of the authors Val has passed away, however the book is [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=still']still[/URL] available for purchase from [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=his']his[/URL] son, I bought as second copy from him just to insure I never lost this [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=work']work[/URL]. The authors definitely created a wonderful visual aid for collectors.[/QUOTE]
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