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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1673268, member: 26302&quot;]I was actually lucky to buy a large lot of Byzantines once at G&amp;M that contained quite a few of these, (20 or so). The hoard must have been deposited during his reign since they are the newest in the lot, all higher grade, and every one from Theupolis. So, I have a whole bunch of these from Theupolis and not a single coin of his from Constantinople. </p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah, he was a friend of Khusro II and his murder instigated the major Persian offensive that would have destroyed the Byzantines if not for errors on Khusro&#039;s part. But it did weaken both empires so much neither could put up much of a fight against the Arabs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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