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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Quant.Geek, post: 2955298, member: 74799&quot;]Yeah!&nbsp; Bring on those Byzantine coppers!&nbsp; Nice follis as usual.&nbsp; The coinage during this time period is&nbsp; somewhat degraded and stayed pretty uniform between emperors.&nbsp; The background picture is actually Michael I being crowned, whereas Leo V is this:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]722421[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is from John Skylitzes&#039; Synopsis of Byzantium.&nbsp; An historical account of Emperors from Michael I to Michael VI.&nbsp; Here is mine:</p><p><br /></p><p><b> Byzantine Empire: Leo V the Armenian (813-820) Æ Follis, Syracuse (Sear-1635; DOC 19a; Anastasi 497) </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: Crowned half-length busts of Leo and Constantine facing, each wearing crown and chlamys; cross above</p><p>Rev: Large Λ K; cross above </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-1635.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b> Byzantine Empire: Leo V the Armenian (813-820) Æ Follis, Syracuse (Sear-1636; DOC 17; Berk-887) </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: [Λ] - E/O Facing bust of Leo, with short beard, wearing crown and loros, and holding cross potent; in right field, star</p><p>Rev: [K] - ONST Facing bust of Constantine, beardless, wearing crown and chlamys, and holding globus cruciger; C - I on either side of head </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-1636c.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b> Byzantine Empire: Leo V the Armenian (813-820) Æ Follis, Syracuse (Sear-1637; DOC 18; Anastasi 493) </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: Crowned facing bust of Leo, wearing loros, holding cross potent; Λ and cross to right</p><p>Rev: Crowned facing bust of Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger; K to left, cross to right</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/Sear-1637.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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