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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Quant.Geek, post: 3911397, member: 74799&quot;]As part of the &quot;renewal&quot;, Constans II introduced new coinage bringing back the labarum of Constantine from the bygone era which has not been seen in Byzantine Coins.&nbsp; Furthermore, like Constantine, Constans introduces the Greek version of <i>IN HOC SIGNO VINCES</i> (in this sign, conquer) - <i>ЄNTOVTONIKA</i> (in this, conquer).&nbsp; This gets abbreviated as ЄNTϪT ONIKA.</p><p><br /></p><p>Constans II also changes the value mark to a cursive m, which causes problems as there is no more room to add the officina under the letter.&nbsp; The legend <i>ANANЄOCIC </i>for renewal is added as opposed to <i>ANNO</i> that is typically found in Byzantine coins. This extremely rare coin type is not illustrated in Sears (unfortunately, its not mine) and is classified as one of the first coin types of the series.&nbsp; The officina and the regal year is added towards the end.&nbsp; The die engravers must have had several challenges with the new design:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1030936[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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