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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3279952, member: 44316&quot;]Here is a nice anonymous follis of Class D:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]866953[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Sear 1836. 30-26 mm. 12.38 grams</p><p>Attributed to Constantine X, 1059-1067.</p><p>Most of these are double struck or overstruck. This one is nicely centered and has most details remaining. (For more about anonymous folles, see:</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ByzAnon/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ByzAnon/" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ByzAnon/</a> )</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]866954[/ATTACH]</p><p>A smaller coin, only 19 mm. Denomination: tetarteron.</p><p>John III of Nicaea, 1221-1254 (while Constantinople was under control of the Crusaders).</p><p>Bust of St. George facing, holding spear and shield</p><p>Full-length figure of John III, holding labarum and anexikakia (&quot;The anexikakia (also called <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Akakia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Akakia" rel="nofollow">akakia</a>) was a purple silk <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Roll" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Roll" rel="nofollow">roll</a> containing dust, held by the <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Byzantine" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Byzantine" rel="nofollow">Byzantine</a>Emperors during ceremonies to remind him of mortal nature of all men (including himself).&quot; [Quoted from the Forum website.]</p><p><br /></p><p>Sear 2116. DO IV.II John III, Magnesia mint, 58.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is hard to say late Byzantine coins can be beautiful, but in context, and especially in comparison with other coins of the period, some stand out as of remarkably high quality &quot;for type.&quot;&nbsp; When a coin comes in the mail and I don&#039;t immediately show it to my wife, she sometimes asks &quot;Is it really nice, or just nice &#039;for type&#039;?&quot; If the coin is Byzantine, pretty often the answer is the latter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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