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<p>[QUOTE="Magnus Maximus, post: 5165465, member: 73473"]I’ve been turtling through the Alexiad by Anna Komnena and wanted to get a coin from the times. Surprisingly I managed to get this coin for under $500 USD. Many early hyperpyron cost a decent bit of money, so I am more than pleased with this coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1210436[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: Christ seated facing on backless throne, right hand raised and holding book of gospels with IC-XC to left and right </p><p><br /></p><p>Rev: Facing half-length figures of Mary, nimbate, on right, and John, holding patriarchal cross between them, hand of god above John's head with the legend +IW ΔECΠOTH and ΘV-MR in fields </p><p><br /></p><p>Constantinople Mint (now Istanbul, Turkey) </p><p>Sear 1938 / DOC 1a.2 </p><p>Gold, 4.32 grams, 29.3 mm </p><p>ANAAB certification AB0841</p><p><br /></p><p>And the coin in hand.....</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1210437[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1210438[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Let’s see some late Byzantine gold![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Magnus Maximus, post: 5165465, member: 73473"]I’ve been turtling through the Alexiad by Anna Komnena and wanted to get a coin from the times. Surprisingly I managed to get this coin for under $500 USD. Many early hyperpyron cost a decent bit of money, so I am more than pleased with this coin. [ATTACH=full]1210436[/ATTACH] Obv: Christ seated facing on backless throne, right hand raised and holding book of gospels with IC-XC to left and right Rev: Facing half-length figures of Mary, nimbate, on right, and John, holding patriarchal cross between them, hand of god above John's head with the legend +IW ΔECΠOTH and ΘV-MR in fields Constantinople Mint (now Istanbul, Turkey) Sear 1938 / DOC 1a.2 Gold, 4.32 grams, 29.3 mm ANAAB certification AB0841 And the coin in hand..... [ATTACH=full]1210437[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1210438[/ATTACH] Let’s see some late Byzantine gold![/QUOTE]
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