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Is this a Follaro of John VIII Palaeologus 2567 or Manuel II 2559?
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<p>[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 7406047, member: 84744"]I recently acquired the following specimen, attributed by CNG to John VII, following DOC (1395):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1287741[/ATTACH] </p><p>It at least has three fairly clear letters on the left, which look like (top to bottom) ΔεC to me. There's also a blob on the right which is likely part of the legend - it matches the first John Zeno example posted by [USER=115035]@DiomedesofArgos[/USER] in the OP. (It's attributed as John VIII on Zeno, but DOC gives it to John VII.)</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems pretty clear to me that the OP coin is a Manuel. In principle my coin could be Manuel also, though no follari are recorded (as far as I'm aware) with the "MAN" on the right - thus CNG's attribution of this one to John VII, I gather.</p><p><br /></p><p>This Zeno example from the OP, listed for Manuel, looks more like John to me. I see ΔεC on the left and some variation of IωΑΝ on the right (?).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I'm hoping my coin is indeed a John VII. Maybe [USER=74799]@Quant.Geek[/USER] or [USER=84047]@Voulgaroktonou[/USER] have some comments on this difficult set of coins![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 7406047, member: 84744"]I recently acquired the following specimen, attributed by CNG to John VII, following DOC (1395): [ATTACH=full]1287741[/ATTACH] It at least has three fairly clear letters on the left, which look like (top to bottom) ΔεC to me. There's also a blob on the right which is likely part of the legend - it matches the first John Zeno example posted by [USER=115035]@DiomedesofArgos[/USER] in the OP. (It's attributed as John VIII on Zeno, but DOC gives it to John VII.) It seems pretty clear to me that the OP coin is a Manuel. In principle my coin could be Manuel also, though no follari are recorded (as far as I'm aware) with the "MAN" on the right - thus CNG's attribution of this one to John VII, I gather. This Zeno example from the OP, listed for Manuel, looks more like John to me. I see ΔεC on the left and some variation of IωΑΝ on the right (?). I'm hoping my coin is indeed a John VII. Maybe [USER=74799]@Quant.Geek[/USER] or [USER=84047]@Voulgaroktonou[/USER] have some comments on this difficult set of coins![/QUOTE]
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