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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2507648, member: 19463&quot;]The question I have to ask is whether the ID of this coin to Constantine XI has any basis other than the provenance of the coin to that one hoard that included a few coins from which scholars derived the legends as quoted in the sale listing.&nbsp; The strike and centering does not allow my inexpert eyes to see anything I&#039;d pay 1/100th their estimate for but someone certainly will bid high based on faith. </p><p><br /></p><p>The last &#039;reasonable&#039; Byzantine coin is from John VIII 21 July 1425–</p><p>31 October 1448, the next to last emperor, whose coins were struck when the situation in the city was a power of ten less desperate.&nbsp; John&#039;s name appears on this one at the top of the portrait which is still a bit crude but much more normal than the ones found for his brother Constantine.&nbsp; There is a difference of opinion on which side to call the obverse.&nbsp; I have the John side on the left and Christ on the right because the coin appears to have been made with John on the anvil die.&nbsp; There are those who say Christ must always be called the obverse.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]532918[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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