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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3912885, member: 85693&quot;]Nice batch of coins, FF02 - I like the breadth of that collection.&nbsp; I like them all, but the Maurice Tiberius follis especially - there is something about those big, somewhat sloppy, somewhat elegant Byzantine bronzes that really appeal to me. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one from Nicomedia, one of my &#039;19 finds:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1031351[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Maurice Tiberius&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Follis</b></p><p><b>Year 8 (589-590 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Nicomedia Mint</b></p><p><font size="4">N MAV TIb PP, helmeted and <font size="4">cuirassed bust facing w/ globus, <font size="4">cruciger and shield / Large M, ANNO left; regnal year ς II (8) <font size="4">right, cross above, Officina B <font size="4">below; NIKO in exergue. </font></font></font></font></font></p><p>SB 512; MIB 75D var.</p><p>(11.19 grams / 30 x 28 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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