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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BenSi, post: 4846746, member: 95174&quot;]Byzantine Gold is very affordable, I managed to complete a collection of John II Comnenus , no coin over $600.00</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1170138[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>JOHN II HYPERPYRON NOMISMA IV DOC 1 Thessalonica First Coinage SBCV-1947</b></p><p>JOHN II HYPERPYRON NOMISMA IV DOC 1 Thessalonica First Coinage SBCV-1947</p><p>OBV Christ Bearded and Nimbate , wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon a throne without back: r. hand raised in benediction , holds gospels in l.</p><p><br /></p><p>REV Half length figure of emperor on l. and of Virgin , holding between them Partriarcghal cross on long shaft. Emperor wears stemma, divitision, collar piece, and paneled loros of simplified type; holds anexikakia in r. hand. Virgin wears tunic and maphorion. Manus Dei in upeer left field.</p><p><br /></p><p>Size 29mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Weight 4.5gm</p><p><br /></p><p>Thicker metal than Constantinople issue, very difficult to differentiate between the same issue from different mints.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1170139[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>JOHN II HYPERPYRON NOMISMA IV DOC 2 Constantinople Second Coinage SBCV-1939</b></p><p>OBV IC XC in upper field.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christ bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back: r hand raised in benediction , holds gospels in l.</p><p>REV Full length figure of emperor on l. , crowned by Virgin. Emperor wears stemma, divitision. Collar piece, and paneled loros of a simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l., anexikakia. Virgin wears tunic and maphorion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Size 32mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Weight 4.38gm</p><p><br /></p><p>DOC lists 22 examples with weights from 3.73gm to 4.45gm and sizes from 30 mm to 34mm[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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