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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mat, post: 2908139, member: 21445&quot;]Was a bit hungry recently and decided to head over to my local [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] &#039;s Snack Shack&quot; and picked up a new Byzantine &amp; Armenian coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>On my way out after paying I saw a scruffy Marcus Aurelius laying not too far from Ebay Ave. and it ended up being a type I have wanted for some time due to the bust &amp; it was the last type minted before Marcus passed on. So it&#039;s a bit scarce. Needless to say it was a good and inexpensive outing.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://ibb.co/iUxKk6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ibb.co/iUxKk6" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/c39Asm/arm2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>Constantine IV, King of Armenia *Gosdantin IV* (1365-1373 A.D.)</p><p>AR Takvorin</p><p>O: +ԿՈՍՏԸ(ԱՆԴԻՆ) (ԹԱԳԱ)ՈՐ ՀՈՑ, King riding right holding cross sceptre, below horse s</p><p>R.+ՉԻՆԱԼ Ի ՔԱՂԱՔՆ Ի ՍԻՍ , lion right, right paw raised, cross in back, below s.</p><p>Sis (now Kozan, Turkey) mint,</p><p>18mm</p><p>1.98g</p><p>&nbsp;Bed.2106</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://ibb.co/ho6OCm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ibb.co/ho6OCm" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/bP2wXm/alexiii.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>Alexius III (1195 - 1203 A.D.)</p><p>Billon Trachy</p><p>O: IC-XC, + KE HQEI Bust of Christ facing, beardless, wearing nimbus cross, holding scroll &amp; raising hand in benediction.</p><p>R: [ALEZIW ECP TW KWCTANTI] Alexius &amp; St. Constantine standing facing, holding labara, globe cross between.</p><p>Constantinople mint</p><p>3.29g</p><p>30mm</p><p>Sear 2013</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://ibb.co/dk8gyR" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ibb.co/dk8gyR" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/eJiEJR/ma2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>Marcus Aurelius&nbsp; (161 - 180 A.D.)</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>O: M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>R:TR P XXXIIII IMP X COS III P P, Victory standing left on globe, holding wreath with her right hand, cradling trophy with her left arm.</p><p>Rome mint. Struck 180 A.D.</p><p>3.14g</p><p>19mm</p><p>RIC III 411 var. (bust type); BMCRE 808; MIR 18, 463-4/37; RSC 975a.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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