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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 6644574, member: 51347&quot;][ATTACH=full]1268240[/ATTACH]</p><p>ER </p><p>Eastern Roman Empire </p><p>Andronicus II and Michael IX</p><p>CE 1295-1320.</p><p>AR Basilikon, </p><p>22mm, 2.1g, 6h; </p><p>Mint of Constantinople.</p><p>Obv.: IC XC KVREI BOHΘH, Jesus Christ enthroned, right hand raised in benediction,large dot either side.</p><p>Rev: ΑVΤΩΚΡΑΤΟ - PΕC PWΜΑION; Andronicus standing left and Michael standing right; holding between them a labarum.</p><p>Comments:&nbsp; <i>Andronikos was acclaimed co-emperor in 1261, after his father Michael VIII recovered Constantinople from the Latin Empire, but he wasn&#039;t crowned until 1272. Sole emperor from 1282, Andronikos II immediately repudiated his father&#039;s unpopular Church union with the Papacy, which he had been forced to support while his father was still alive, but he was unable to resolve the related schism within the Orthodox clergy until 1310.</i> [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andronikos_II_Palaiologos" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andronikos_II_Palaiologos" rel="nofollow">wiki</a>]</p><p>These coins were all flatly struck</p><p>Reference: DOC V part 1.Class VIII.(f) 528-534</p><p><i>From the H8Modern Collection</i></p><p><i>Ex: [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER]</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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