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Message:: [QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 3144038, member: 83845"]SCORE UPDATE#7 [USER=95174]@BenSi[/USER] - 61#26 [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] - 56 This is definitely a good match and a close one to boot.  I like how this one is unique in that every single category is being contested between the two participants with 3 votes being the maximum spread in any one category. BenSi's tetarteron is absolutely exceptional in terms of the quality based on what you see.  I also think that Ryro's coin is beautiful style and the toning is nice too! John II is interesting and BenSi had a great write up.  I love the countermark and the connection to the Seleucid Empire on Ryro's coin and I think the write up was great on that one as well!... The bargain and interest categories have me at a quandary! Just to show how good BenSi's coin really is here is a tetarteron of his son son Manuel I Komnenos.[ATTACH=full]804148[/ATTACH]Byzantine EmpireManuel I Komnenos (AD 1118 – 1180)AE Tetarteron, Constantinople mint, struck ca. 1143-1180Obv.: St. George draped and cuirassed, bust facing, holding spear and shield.Rev.: Manuel I crowned, bust facing, holding labarum and globus cruciger.Ref.: SB 1970Ex Sallent CollectionWrite up: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-tetarteron-of-manuel-i.298287/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-tetarteron-of-manuel-i.298287/">A Tetarteron of Manuel I</a>[/QUOTE]