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Message:: [QUOTE="sand, post: 7754449, member: 118540"]That's a very interesting coin @<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/the-trachy-enjoyer.118358/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/the-trachy-enjoyer.118358/">The Trachy Enjoyer</a>. I think your coin is featured on the cover of the book "The Later Palaeologan Coinage" by Bendall and Donald. Here is a photo of my copy of the book. I think this book is commonly called "LPC". It has drawings of coins, not photos. But it is much easier to find, than Bendall's other book "A Private Collection Of Palaeologan Coins", commonly called "PCPC", I think. In the LPC book, there are several types of coins with proskynesis, during the reign of Andronicus II.1. LPC page 34 coin 1, which the authors call a "Gold Hyperperon" (the authors' spelling). The emperor is on the left, kneeling in proskynesis before Christ. Christ is standing on the right.2. LPC page 38 coin 8, which the authors call a "Trachy". Is it a bronze coin? The book doesn't say. It has 3 figures on the obverse. Mary is standing on the left. Mary is introducing the emperor to Christ. The emperor is in the center, kneeling in proskynesis before Christ. Christ is standing on the right.3. LPC page 40 coin 9, which the authors call a "Trachy". Is it a bronze coin? The book doesn't say. The emperor is on the left, kneeling in proskynesis before Christ. Christ is standing on the right.There may be other types of Byzantine Palaeologan coins with proskynesis. I'll keep looking.By the way, in your OP, you mentioned "Leo IV The Wise", but I think this is a typo. I think you meant to say "Leo VI The Wise".[ATTACH=full]1328282[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]

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