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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FitzNigel, post: 3051429, member: 74712&quot;]I nearly needed two posts again...&nbsp; wekve got to stop with three letters a day!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]763669[/ATTACH] </p><p>Kushan Empire</p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Karishka I,</span> r. 128-158 A.D.</p><p>AE Tetradrachm, 24.73 mm x 16.8 grams</p><p>Obv.: Crowned, diademed king standing facing, holding spear and sacrificing at altar at left, Bactrian legend around: ϸΑΟ ΚΑ ... ΝηϸΚΙ (King Kanishka)</p><p>Rev.: Four-armed Oesho (Shiva?) standing facing, head turned to left, nimbate, holding various attributes, Bactrian legend right: ΟΚϸΟ, tamgha at left</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]763702[/ATTACH] </p><p>German States, Osnabrück</p><p>Bishop <span style="color: #ff0000">Konrad I von Velber</span>, r. 1227-1239 (1236-39)</p><p>AR Pfenning, 17.71 mm x 1 gram</p><p>Obv.: SANCT&#039; PE[T&#039;]. Head of St. Peter facing holding key</p><p>Rev.: +CON[RAD]VS EPC&#039;.&nbsp; Voided short cross with quatrefoil in each angle</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]763700[/ATTACH] </p><p>Byzantine Empire</p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Leo VI</span>, r. 886-912 A.D.</p><p>AE Follis/40 Nummi, 25.92 mm x 6.1 grams</p><p>Obv.: LEON bASILEVS ROM. Crowned bust facing with short beard, wearing chlamys, holding akakia</p><p>Rev.: + LEON/ EN QEO BA/ SILEVS R/ OMEON. legend in four lines</p><p>Ref.: SBCV 1729</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]763692[/ATTACH] </p><p>Imperial Rome</p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Licinius I</span>, r. 308-324 A.D.</p><p>Rome Mint, AE Follis, 22.1mm x 3.2 grams</p><p>Obv.: IMP LIC LICINIVS PF AVG, laureate head right</p><p>Rev.: IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG NN, Jupiter standing facing head left, chlamys on shoulder, holding Victory on globe and leaning on scepter, eagle with wreath l, A in right field, SIS in ex.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]763693[/ATTACH] </p><p>Imperial Rome</p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Licinius II</span> as Caesar, r. 317-324 A.D. (317-320 A.D.)</p><p>Antioch Mint, AE Follis, 18.12mm x 3.0 grams</p><p>Obv.: D N VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C, diademed bust left with mappa &amp; scepter</p><p>Rev.: IOVI CONS ERVATORI CAESS Jupiter standing, head left, with Victory, captive at feet, Δ to right. Mintmark SMANT</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]763701[/ATTACH] </p><p>Byzantine Empire</p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Manuel I</span>, r. 1143-1180 A.D.</p><p>AE Tetartera, 18.18 mm x 3 grams</p><p>Obv.: MANVHL DECPOTH, Manuel, crowned and wearing loros, bust facing, holding labarum and cross on globe</p><p>Rev.: Barred IC - barred XC to left and right of cross with X at centre, on three steps</p><p>Ref.: SBCV 1982</p><p>Ex. DC Collection</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]763703[/ATTACH] </p><p>Portugal</p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Manuel I</span>, r. 1495-1521</p><p>AE Ceitil, 18.06 mm x 1.4 grams, Group 3.1</p><p>Obv.: +IEMANVEL R.P.ET.A. N retrograde. 3rd type shield containing Portuguese coat of arms, annulet left, top, and right</p><p>Rev.: +I:EMANVEL.[R.P.ET.A.]. N retrograde.&nbsp; Group 3.1 castle with high open outside wall castle over convex sea</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]763698[/ATTACH] </p><p>Byzantine Empire</p><p>Maurice Tiberius, r. 582-602 A.D. (595-596 A.D.)</p><p>Theoupolis / Antioch Mint AE Follis/40 Nummi, 27.35 mm x 11.4 grams</p><p>Obv.: Ꝺ N MAVΓI CN P AUT. Crowned bust of Maurice Tiberius facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa with his right hand and eagle-tipped scepter in his left</p><p>Rev.: ANNO left, XIIII right, tHEUP’ in exergue. Large M center, cross above, Γ below</p><p>Ref.: SBCV 533</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]763686[/ATTACH] </p><p>Imperial Rome</p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Maximian</span>, r. 286-310 A.D. (291 A.D.)</p><p>Rome Mint, Billon Antoninianus, 21.35mm x 3.1 grams</p><p>Obv.: IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev.: HERCVLI PACIFERO, Hercules standing left holding branch and club, lion skin over arm, XXIε in ex.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]763672[/ATTACH] </p><p>Kingdom of Bactria</p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Menander I</span> r. c. 165/55-130 B.C.</p><p>AR Drachm, 15.71mm x 2.5 grams</p><p>Obv.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Diademed bust of the sovereign right, coat fastened on the right shoulder</p><p>Rev.: (Maharajasa tratarasa / Menamdrasa).&nbsp; Athena Alkidemos standing left. Monogram &#039;H&#039; in right field</p><p>Ref.: Bopearachchi, Ménandre (I) Sôter, 67[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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