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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LaCointessa, post: 2918249, member: 87186&quot;][ATTACH=full]706055[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]706056[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is my only Byzantine coin and I am sure I posted it before when I first got it. And it looks very messy since it is an overstrike (as I&nbsp; understand it). But I like it. I only really get &#039;turned on&#039; by Byzantine coins when they are gold ones.</p><p>I believe the attribution is as follows (I had it down to two but can&#039;t remember on which I finally settled).</p><p><br /></p><p>Nicephorus II (963 - 969 AD)</p><p>AE Follis</p><p>Mint: Constantinople</p><p>SBC 1782</p><p>26 x 24 mm.</p><p>9.53 gm.</p><p>Die position=6h</p><p>Obverse: Bust facing with short beard, holding labarum and globus cruciger. + nICIFR b ASIL ROM.</p><p>Reverse: Four line legend.</p><p>Note: Struck over a follis of Constantine VII.</p><p>S1782[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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