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<p>[QUOTE="Juan Nine for Nine four, post: 6443215, member: 118432"]I believe that the portraits were done separately from the legend, so, I guess maybe the text guy was having a rough day.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's one of my errors, not very impressive, it's more common to have errors than to not. [ATTACH=full]1255499[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1255506[/ATTACH]Here's my trachy of Manuel I Comnenus, with the reverse double stuck and rotated. The full ID is;</p><p><br /></p><p>Manuel I Comnenus, Constantinople, Billon aspron trachy. IC-XC, Christ bearded, seated facing, wearing nimbus; Gospels in left hand. Eight-rayed stars on each side, double linear legs to throne / MANYHΛ ΔECΠ, Manuel on the left, holding labarum and cross on globe, being crowned by Mary, both standing facing, M above Marys outstretched hand. (One jewel on emperor's loros between waist and collar piece. Loros waist has 5 pellets in diagonal cross arrangement. The collar piece has 3 jewels; the centre one round, flanked by 2 square jewels. All other pellets are round.) Sear 1966.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Juan Nine for Nine four, post: 6443215, member: 118432"]I believe that the portraits were done separately from the legend, so, I guess maybe the text guy was having a rough day. Here's one of my errors, not very impressive, it's more common to have errors than to not. [ATTACH=full]1255499[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1255506[/ATTACH]Here's my trachy of Manuel I Comnenus, with the reverse double stuck and rotated. The full ID is; Manuel I Comnenus, Constantinople, Billon aspron trachy. IC-XC, Christ bearded, seated facing, wearing nimbus; Gospels in left hand. Eight-rayed stars on each side, double linear legs to throne / MANYHΛ ΔECΠ, Manuel on the left, holding labarum and cross on globe, being crowned by Mary, both standing facing, M above Marys outstretched hand. (One jewel on emperor's loros between waist and collar piece. Loros waist has 5 pellets in diagonal cross arrangement. The collar piece has 3 jewels; the centre one round, flanked by 2 square jewels. All other pellets are round.) Sear 1966.[/QUOTE]
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