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<p>[QUOTE="Quant.Geek, post: 3902165, member: 74799"]Lets start with the bottom first. The exergue is wiped out, so I don't know what the regal year is. The design changed for RY12-15:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Byzantine Empire: Constans II (641-668) Æ Follis, Constantinople, RY14 (Sear 1007; DOC 72; MIBE 170b) </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: ЄNTϪT ONIKA; Constans standing, facing, bearded, wearing chlamys and crown with cross; In right hand, long cross, in left, globus cruciger</p><p>Rev: Large M; above star, beneath Є, to left, A/N/A, to right, N/Є/O/ς; in exergue, XIIII</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/Sear-1007%281%29.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The other two, due to the legends being obscure, it's harder, but I would <i>suspect</i> that they are Arab-Byzantine coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Quant.Geek, post: 3902165, member: 74799"]Lets start with the bottom first. The exergue is wiped out, so I don't know what the regal year is. The design changed for RY12-15: [B]Byzantine Empire: Constans II (641-668) Æ Follis, Constantinople, RY14 (Sear 1007; DOC 72; MIBE 170b) [/B] Obv: ЄNTϪT ONIKA; Constans standing, facing, bearded, wearing chlamys and crown with cross; In right hand, long cross, in left, globus cruciger Rev: Large M; above star, beneath Є, to left, A/N/A, to right, N/Є/O/ς; in exergue, XIIII [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/Sear-1007%281%29.jpg[/IMG] The other two, due to the legends being obscure, it's harder, but I would [I]suspect[/I] that they are Arab-Byzantine coins.[/QUOTE]
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