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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 5297954, member: 96635&quot;]A great set! Congratulations on finishing. It is very nice that the design of the Hyperpyron and both trachea are clear and on the flan.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some random coinage of the 12th century:</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/yGI9bXg.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Manuel I Comnenus (1143-1180). Æ ‘Metropolitan’ Tetarteron. Constantinople, circa 1152-1160.</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> MHP - ΘV Theotokos, nimbate, standing to right, wearing pallim and maphorium, rising her hands toward manus Dei in the upper field to left.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> MAN૪HΛ ΔЄCΠΟΤΗC Manuel I Comnenus standing facing, crowned and wearing loros, holding labarum in his right hand and akakia in his left.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> DOC 15. SB 1968.</p><p>3.97g</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/xdC7GLv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Latin Rulers of Constantinople, Æ Trachy. Constantinople, 1204-1261.</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; IC-XC across fields.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> The archangel Michael standing facing, holding sceptre and globus cruciger.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> DOC 16; Sear 2036.</p><p>3.07g</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/Y8XHUzp.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Alexius I Comnenus (1081-1118). Æ ‘Metropolitan’ Tetarteron. Constantinople, AD 1092-1118.</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Bust of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion holding gospels (open) in left hand.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> Alexius bust facing wearing stemma, divitision, collar piece and paneled loros of simplified type and holds in r. hand labarum-headed scepter and in l. hand Globus crucifer.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> S-1920; DOC 33; CLBC 2.4.1; Grierson 1042</p><p>4.32g</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/W4rKYH2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Manuel I Comnenus (1143-1180). Billon Trachy, Constantinople mint.</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> IC - XC. Christ Pantokrator seated facing on throne.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> Manuel standing facing, holding labarum and globus cruciger, and being crowned by the Virgin standing to right.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> Sear 1966.</p><p>4.33g; 31mm</p><p><br /></p><p>I really like that the above billon trachy has so much silver wash left. Almost all Manuel I trachea I see are all without any traces of silver wash.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/powDWMG.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Alexius I Comnenus, 1081-1118. Histamenon Nomisma, Constantinopolis mint, 1081-1092.</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Christ seated facing on square-backed throne, wearing nimbus, pallium and colobium, rasing his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospel in his left; in fields, IC - XC.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> + AΛЄZIω ΔЄC[ΠΟΤ Tω KM] Crowned bust of Alexius I facing, wearing loros, holding labarum with his right hand and globus cruciger in his left.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> SB 1893.</p><p>4.40g; 28mm</p><p><br /></p><p>The above coin obviously heavily debased, probably no gold left in it at all, do you have any idea [USER=95174]@BenSi[/USER]?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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