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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 4982525, member: 91461"]Not having any gold in my collection, a single tiny piece of electrum not withstanding, I was pretty excited to find this fun fouree (hopefully you picked up the pun in the title of the thread) for a song from a seller I trust. So, I snatched it up as a snack to go along with some really fun Celtic Senons coins that I'm planning on posting when I'm done researching. </p><p>Speaking of researching, I'm having a very hard time figuring out who is supposed to be depicted on this coin and any help would be appreciated. </p><p>It was listed as, "Solidus Fouree TBD - Nicephore and Stauracius? TBD</p><p>Diameter: 20.5mm</p><p>Weight: 2.80 grs". </p><p>Though, to me it appears to, sort of, look like it says Constantine. Could it be a barbarous Solidus fouree?</p><p>Sellers pics:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197042[/ATTACH] </p><p>My overly saturated pic to help us view the crud covered side:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197043[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Looking around I couldn't find any other fouree Nicephore and Stauracius. Nor any solid coins of theirs that looked much like my new mud covered mystery!</p><p>Sadly, AC search pulls up very little when it comes to byzantine nor solidus fourees. Here's the closest I could find:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197049[/ATTACH] </p><p>Byzantine</p><p>Constantine V Copronymus, with Leo III AD 741-775. Syracuse</p><p>Foureé Tremissis AE</p><p>14 mm., 0,53 g.</p><p>Bust facing wearing crown and chlamys and holding cross potent and akakia / Facing bust of Leo III with short beard, wearing crown and chlamys and holding globus cruciger and akakia.</p><p>very fine</p><p>Cf. Sear 1567.</p><p><br /></p><p>Close, but much smaller than my coin. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197052[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This being my first solidus I'm out of my usual collecting (not even a shield in view) area and am asking for help. Please post if you have any ideas, Solidus, especially fourees, (though I only ever recall seeing one on CT a very interesting [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] coin) or anything relevant. </p><p>So please let me know...</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]SECVGN4Bsgg[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 4982525, member: 91461"]Not having any gold in my collection, a single tiny piece of electrum not withstanding, I was pretty excited to find this fun fouree (hopefully you picked up the pun in the title of the thread) for a song from a seller I trust. So, I snatched it up as a snack to go along with some really fun Celtic Senons coins that I'm planning on posting when I'm done researching. Speaking of researching, I'm having a very hard time figuring out who is supposed to be depicted on this coin and any help would be appreciated. It was listed as, "Solidus Fouree TBD - Nicephore and Stauracius? TBD Diameter: 20.5mm Weight: 2.80 grs". Though, to me it appears to, sort of, look like it says Constantine. Could it be a barbarous Solidus fouree? Sellers pics: [ATTACH=full]1197042[/ATTACH] My overly saturated pic to help us view the crud covered side: [ATTACH=full]1197043[/ATTACH] Looking around I couldn't find any other fouree Nicephore and Stauracius. Nor any solid coins of theirs that looked much like my new mud covered mystery! Sadly, AC search pulls up very little when it comes to byzantine nor solidus fourees. Here's the closest I could find: [ATTACH=full]1197049[/ATTACH] Byzantine Constantine V Copronymus, with Leo III AD 741-775. Syracuse Foureé Tremissis AE 14 mm., 0,53 g. Bust facing wearing crown and chlamys and holding cross potent and akakia / Facing bust of Leo III with short beard, wearing crown and chlamys and holding globus cruciger and akakia. very fine Cf. Sear 1567. Close, but much smaller than my coin. [ATTACH=full]1197052[/ATTACH] This being my first solidus I'm out of my usual collecting (not even a shield in view) area and am asking for help. Please post if you have any ideas, Solidus, especially fourees, (though I only ever recall seeing one on CT a very interesting [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] coin) or anything relevant. So please let me know... [MEDIA=youtube]SECVGN4Bsgg[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]
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