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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Black Friar, post: 8214377, member: 76221&quot;]Byzantine Military mints are a very interesting group to say the least. The M.Tiberius I have attached was the one that got me started. I purchased it about four years ago in Portland, Oregon from a national dealer who lives here in Portland as well as a national ancient dealer, I had to have it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin looked like an Imperial issue, but there was something &quot;off&quot; about it that piqued my interest. The style about it looked Western to me. So off I went to get more info. I had heard of Military mint issues, but had no idea what distinctive characteristics marked them as military issues. </p><p><br /></p><p>So off I went hunting the www world and discovered&nbsp; <a href="https://www.byzantine-ae.info/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.byzantine-ae.info/" rel="nofollow">https://www.byzantine-ae.info/</a>. A chap in England, S.J. Mansfield had published a very limited number of hardcover books (100 copies) for use by fellow researchers and institutional collections. </p><p><br /></p><p>To make it readily easy for all interested researchers and collectors, he posted his collection which included a large number of &quot;Military Mints&quot; with images at <a href="https://www.byzantine-ae.info/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.byzantine-ae.info/" rel="nofollow">https://www.byzantine-ae.info/</a>. I thank him every day for his generous contribution to Byzantine coinage. </p><p><br /></p><p>I love the site and have learned from his high quality images the characteristics and style I have found them easier to spot. Go to the site, you will not regret it. I for one owe Mr. Mansfield a great debt for his generosity to researchers every ware. Happy hunting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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