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<p>[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 5362363, member: 95174"]The easiest ones to do were the original official 12th century coinage, they are large ,double stuck coins. The coins became difficult after 1204AD, Latin rule coinage and then even more difficult Palaeologan coins. Those coins are rarley nicely struck even on one side, It was also believed the process of creating them became easier because they were only struck once. To add to the confusion we also have Bulgarian imitations ( I believe they were military minted coins, not Bulgarian.)</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are working with a group, you need to separate them.</p><p>To start , size the coin, larger coins tend to be 12th century. Also the coin was originally a billion denomination so those coins could show traces of silvering and of course some silver in the metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the best books to assist you to Catalogue of the Late Byzantine Coins. Volume I ( II never happened .) by Valentin Marchev and Robert Watcher. It is filled with line drawings making the process much easier.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin depending on size has two figures on Reverse , one the ruler the other a Saint, You know it is a saint or higher because it is nimbate. If it was large sized that would bring me to Alexius III with Saint Constantine. In this case I think it is a smaller coin and that would lead me to post 1204.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an Alexius III , not in awesome condition but a great Patina. It is larger size 29mm</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1227738[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 5362363, member: 95174"]The easiest ones to do were the original official 12th century coinage, they are large ,double stuck coins. The coins became difficult after 1204AD, Latin rule coinage and then even more difficult Palaeologan coins. Those coins are rarley nicely struck even on one side, It was also believed the process of creating them became easier because they were only struck once. To add to the confusion we also have Bulgarian imitations ( I believe they were military minted coins, not Bulgarian.) If you are working with a group, you need to separate them. To start , size the coin, larger coins tend to be 12th century. Also the coin was originally a billion denomination so those coins could show traces of silvering and of course some silver in the metal. One of the best books to assist you to Catalogue of the Late Byzantine Coins. Volume I ( II never happened .) by Valentin Marchev and Robert Watcher. It is filled with line drawings making the process much easier. Your coin depending on size has two figures on Reverse , one the ruler the other a Saint, You know it is a saint or higher because it is nimbate. If it was large sized that would bring me to Alexius III with Saint Constantine. In this case I think it is a smaller coin and that would lead me to post 1204. Here is an Alexius III , not in awesome condition but a great Patina. It is larger size 29mm [ATTACH=full]1227738[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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