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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3295101, member: 99456&quot;]An impressive gallery of Byzantine coins - [USER=95174]@BenSi[/USER] the overall look of your Manuel I&nbsp; tetarteron and the reverse&nbsp; on the Alexius I Comnenus are particularly impressive/beautiful in my opinion.&nbsp; [USER=72712]@arnoldoe[/USER] PM if you ever get bored with your AR Miliaresion of Basil II and Constantine VIII.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s another humble coin to bring down the average, which I liked for the clear strike, the shape of the flan, the symbol on the reverse (#24 in Sear, Seaby 1974) and its overall character.</p><p>[ATTACH]872011[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>AE Follis Class 4 from Cyzicus mint of Heraclius </b>in his 19th regnal year (AD 628/29)</p><p><b>Size: </b>21-23mm 6.3g</p><p><b>Obv: Heraclius</b> (center) with <b>Heraclius Constantine</b> ( right - eldest son of Heraclius and his first wife Eudokia aka Constantine III and shortest reigning byzantine monarch @ 4 months in AD 641) and <b>Empress Martina</b> (left - niece and second wife of Heraclius) all are holding globus crucifer and wearing a crown and clamys.</p><p><b>Rev: </b>Large M&nbsp; with monogram 24 on the left ANNO and cross above, numerals representing the 19th regnal year on the right (X/V<i>I</i>/III), officina below (A) and mint in exergue (KYZ)</p><p><b>Ref:</b> DOC 178.3, S 841</p><p>[ATTACH=full]871654[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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