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<p>[QUOTE="rrdenarius, post: 2989598, member: 75525"]I like large bronze Byzantine coins, but do not have books on them. I wanted to show a friend an anonymous follis, but had trouble translating the back:</p><p>+IҺSЧS-XRISTЧS-ЬASILЄ-ЬASILЄ</p><p>I think the translation is: Jesus Christ, King of Kings. I do not get that translation from google translate. Are the words in Latin, Greek or something else? None of those worked for me.</p><p>I have a few, and have given a bunch of them for Christmas or other presents.</p><p>I bought these at a recent Houston coin show. (The Houston Winter Coin Show is Feb 16 & 17 if anyone is interested.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]737202[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]737204[/ATTACH] </p><p>I found this pic of Basil II on acsearch. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]737205[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A neat overstrike from JA's last auction:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]737210[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rrdenarius, post: 2989598, member: 75525"]I like large bronze Byzantine coins, but do not have books on them. I wanted to show a friend an anonymous follis, but had trouble translating the back: +IҺSЧS-XRISTЧS-ЬASILЄ-ЬASILЄ I think the translation is: Jesus Christ, King of Kings. I do not get that translation from google translate. Are the words in Latin, Greek or something else? None of those worked for me. I have a few, and have given a bunch of them for Christmas or other presents. I bought these at a recent Houston coin show. (The Houston Winter Coin Show is Feb 16 & 17 if anyone is interested.) [ATTACH=full]737202[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]737204[/ATTACH] I found this pic of Basil II on acsearch. [ATTACH=full]737205[/ATTACH] A neat overstrike from JA's last auction: [ATTACH=full]737210[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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