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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Quant.Geek, post: 2978741, member: 74799&quot;]Now we are getting close to the ridiculous.&nbsp; This particular one seems to have been issued during latter period of the Empire, before its demise.&nbsp; Identification of those types of trachys are extremely hard.&nbsp; For instance, this particular one seems to have a bust of Christ (looks more like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoidberg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoidberg" rel="nofollow">Zoidberg</a>) and the reverse seems to be the emperor and a saint holding a cross between them.&nbsp; Unfortunately, one of them is off flan</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]732449[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the other one I identified, but it took a while as a good image of the obverse is hard to come by...</p><p><br /></p><p><b> Byzantine Empire: Andronicus II Palaeologus (1282-1328) Æ Trachy, Thessalonica (Sear-2379; DOC 846-8; LPC, p. 216, 20) </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv: Half-length facing bust of St. Demetrius, holding sword and shield; large stars in fields</p><p>Rev: Andronicus, wing to right, standing facing, holding patriachal cross and scepter</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-2379%281%29.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>One that is better in my collection...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-2379.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There are still a boatload of them to be identified and I haven&#039;t even scratched the surface...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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