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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3047132, member: 56859&quot;]Oh right... I keep forgetting to look through the Byzantines <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Basil I</b> and <b>Constantine VII</b></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_450161156e0446d181b6c744917c56b0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Basil I and Constantine VII</b>, CE 867-876</p><p>AE follis, 25 mm, 7.1 gm</p><p>Constantinople mint</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; bASILIO S CONSTAN BASILIS; Basil, crowned, bearded and wearing loros on left and Constantine on right, crowned and wearing loros, on right, seated facing on double throne, holding labarum between them</p><p>Rev: bASILIO-S CONSTAN-TINOS EN OO-bASILEIS R-OMAION in five lines</p><p>Ref: SB 1710; DOC 9A</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, <b>Caligula</b>-- the common type with Vesta reverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]761602[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Carus</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/carustet-e3995-2-r2-jpg.530362/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Carus</b></p><p>undated, but struck apparently struck posthumously by his son Carinus in CE 283/4</p><p>tetradrachm, 19 mm, 7.7 gm, 12h</p><p>Obv: ΘEωKAPωCEB; Laureate head right.</p><p>Rev: AΦIEPωCIC; lit altar decorated with crossed palms, star in upper left field.</p><p>Ref: Emmett 3995.2, R2</p><p><i>ex JBGood</i></p><p><i>ex Keith Emmett Collection</i></p><p><i>ex Empire Coins, July 1982 </i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Carinus</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_406982b3db4f4c478dcf1a7b306df560.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Carinus</b></p><p>~CE 283</p><p>(account of the exact years of his reign and coins vary slightly among references)</p><p>potin tetradrachm, 18 mm, 6.7 gm</p><p>Obv: AKMAKAPINOCCEB; laureate cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia; LA in left field; star in right field</p><p>Ref: Emmett 4012(1-A), R3. Milne 4688[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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