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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2125821, member: 19463"]Patience is a virtue.</p><p>Phocas</p><p>[ATTACH=full]403723[/ATTACH] </p><p>Basil I and Constantine</p><p>[ATTACH=full]403724[/ATTACH] </p><p>Constantine VII & Romanus II - Gold over silver is super rare. Gold sticks to silver very well and probably was a lot harder to detect in the day. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]403725[/ATTACH] </p><p>Basil II & Constantine VIII (I love the way the copper was exposed only on the high points.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]403726[/ATTACH] </p><p>Basil II & Constantine VIII This is a Miliaresion but no silver remains. Byzantine silver is much more scarce than gold. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]403727[/ATTACH] </p><p>Michael IV If you got stuck with a bad coin, you holed it and wore it as jewelry??? </p><p>[ATTACH=full]403728[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I do not have a cup shaped fourree. The above cost me between $3 and $40 between one and 30 years ago. Don't get carried away on these. There was a time I was the only person who would pay anything for these. My friends thought I was young and stupid. I'm not young now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2125821, member: 19463"]Patience is a virtue. Phocas [ATTACH=full]403723[/ATTACH] Basil I and Constantine [ATTACH=full]403724[/ATTACH] Constantine VII & Romanus II - Gold over silver is super rare. Gold sticks to silver very well and probably was a lot harder to detect in the day. [ATTACH=full]403725[/ATTACH] Basil II & Constantine VIII (I love the way the copper was exposed only on the high points.) [ATTACH=full]403726[/ATTACH] Basil II & Constantine VIII This is a Miliaresion but no silver remains. Byzantine silver is much more scarce than gold. [ATTACH=full]403727[/ATTACH] Michael IV If you got stuck with a bad coin, you holed it and wore it as jewelry??? [ATTACH=full]403728[/ATTACH] I do not have a cup shaped fourree. The above cost me between $3 and $40 between one and 30 years ago. Don't get carried away on these. There was a time I was the only person who would pay anything for these. My friends thought I was young and stupid. I'm not young now.[/QUOTE]
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