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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AussieCollector, post: 6239993, member: 81093&quot;]Hi all</p><p><br /></p><p>I just picked up this lovely Eastern Roman Empire (... or... sigh... Byzantine) Aspron Trachy, at a decent price. Yes, it&#039;s a bit battered, but I don&#039;t mind that kind of thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1247060[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Aspron Trachy</b></p><p>Manuel I Comnenus, EL, Constantinople, circa AD 1143-1152. </p><p>Obv: Bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels; O ЄM MA to left, N૪ HΛ to right, barred IC XC across upper fields / [MAN૪HΛ ΔЄCΠOTH] </p><p>Rev: Manuel on left, standing facing holding labarum and anexikakia, being crowned by the Theotokos standing facing on right; [MH]P θV in upper central field. DOC 2b; Sear 1957. 2.50g, 31mm, 6h.</p><p>Extremely Fine; some die shift, edge chipped.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your Eastern Roman Empire Trachys!</p><p><br /></p><p>AC[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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