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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Voulgaroktonou, post: 3284051, member: 84047&quot;]A topic I can warm up to!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]868259[/ATTACH] </p><p>Anastasius I. Half follis, Constantinople. S. 25A = H. 20. A rare type with seated Constantinopolis. Published in The Celator April 1999, “A pair of holed rarities”.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]868261[/ATTACH] </p><p>A decanummium companion to the above. S. 28A = H. 21. Ex Triton XV, 1573.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m especially fond of certain series of Byzantine silver. Here are a few diminutive ones from Carthage:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]868263[/ATTACH] </p><p>Justin II. S. 392 = H. 32. A reverse with a decidedly “Roman” sentiment. Ex Spink/Tasei/NAC 51 (June 1, 1994), 212.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]868264[/ATTACH] </p><p>Tiberius II. S. 464 = H. 20. Here, a strongly worded statement from the “new world” of Christianity: Lvx Mvndi. Ex Elsen 125, lot 527.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]868269[/ATTACH] </p><p>Maurice Tiberius. S. 551 = H. 57. Another strong Christian type: Salvs Mvndi. This novel type, with the center cross in circle or shield surrounded by an inscription prefigures later western European coin types.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]868272[/ATTACH] </p><p>Theodosius (son of Maurice Tiberius). S. 615A = H. 62. Here, the mark of value of 200 nummi is inserted within the circle or shield.. Ex NAC 95 (Oct. 26-27, 1995), 807.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]868274[/ATTACH]</p><p>Heraclius. S. 869 = H. 147. Victory running to left. Ex Vecchi 8 (Dec. 4, 1997), 501.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]868275[/ATTACH]</p><p>Heraclius. S. 903 = H. 153. The style, as well as the use of the Latin D and V for the usual Greek forms show this to be a Ravennate hexagram, not the common Constantinople issue as it was cataloged. Ex CNG electronic auction 344, 531. At least one other bidder recognized it for what it was, so the consigner didn&#039;t suffer too badly by the error in the cataloging.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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