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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2250247, member: 56859&quot;]That is quite a clear Jesus face on your coin, John.&nbsp; Those are definitely difficult to find!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a manger full of Christ coins which I still haven&#039;t spent much time with.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe I&#039;ll dig them out, photograph them, and try to attribute them this evening.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a fun overstrike.&nbsp; The reverse looks like Jesus peeking through your window, holding a can of Heineken.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]445171[/ATTACH] <b></b></p><p><b>Romanus IV Diogenes, 1068-1071</b></p><p>AE Follis</p><p>10.57 g</p><p>Constantinople</p><p>Obv: IC-XC over NI-KA to left and right of bust of Christ facing, dotted cross behind head, wearing pallium and colobium, holding book of Gospels with both hands</p><p>Rev: C-R P-Δ in the four angles of a cross with globe and two dots at each extremity, X in the centre. </p><p>Ref: Sear 1866, DO-8</p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of others which I attributed some time ago.&nbsp; Those attributions may not be correct.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_2a5ba20c5b2f4adcaa15615cb20806dc.jpg_srb_p_1000_495_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Basil II and Constantine VIII, CE 976-1028</b></p><p>Class A3 anonymous AE follis?, 26 mm, 8.0 gm</p><p>Obv: (letters left), bust of Christ, facing, with nimbate cross behind head, holding book of gospels, crescent in each limb of the cross</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; +IhSUS XRISTUS bASILEU bASILE in four lines, ornament below</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; SB 1818?</p><p><br /></p><p>Another somewhat messy overstruck follis:</p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_da027a53bd5a455390c38f0783c4de7f.jpg_srb_p_1000_533_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Romanus IV, CE 1068-1071</b></p><p>Class G anonymous AE follis, 27 mm, 7.6 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; IC-XC to left and right of bust of Christ, nimbate, facing, right hand raised, scroll in left, all within border of large dots</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; MP-QV to left and right of Mary, nimbate, hands raised, all inside border of large dots</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; SB 1867[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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