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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sand, post: 7754647, member: 118540&quot;]I&#039;ve been trying to find other Byzantine coin types, which show the Emperor with the same degree of Proskynesis, as the Emperor on your coin. These Proskynesis coins seem to be hard to find. Here&#039;s what I&#039;ve found so far.</p><p>I found a couple of bronze trachy types, with a lesser degree of Proskynesis, in Dumbarton Oaks Volume 5 Part 2, Andronicus II coin types 563 to 566. They are described as &quot;Emp. crouching in Proskynesis&quot;. However, in the photos of these coins, the Emperor&#039;s torso is not horizontal like on your coin, but at a 45 degree angle. Therefore, they show a lesser degree of Proskynesis. The Dumbarton Oaks photos are poor quality, because I only have the PDF version of the books. The photos for types 564 and 565 are missing too much of the Emperor to be of any use in this discussion. Therefore, I only show the photos for types 563 and 566.</p><p>These coin types correspond to Sear 2334, and LPC page 40 coin type 9, according to Dumbarton Oaks.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1328353[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1328354[/ATTACH]</p><p>Below are the drawings from the LPC book.</p><p>Below is LPC page 34 coin type 1 : &quot;Gold Hyperperon&quot; (author&#039;s spelling) with &quot;Proskynesis&quot; (authors&#039; word choice)</p><p>This is also Sear 2326, according to Sear. Sear has a photo of the coin.</p><p>The Sear photo is somewhat different, versus the LPC drawing.</p><p>Your gold coin seems to be Sear 2326, judging by the Sear photo.</p><p>Also, a search on ACsearch :&nbsp;&nbsp; Proskynesis &quot;andronicus ii&quot;</p><p>found 3 gold coins. The descriptions for all 3 coins, state that they are Sear 2326.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1328356[/ATTACH]</p><p>Below is LPC page 38 coin type 8 : &quot;Trachy&quot; with &quot;Proskynesis&quot; (authors&#039; word choice)</p><p>This is also Sear 2332, according to Sear and Dumbarton Oaks. Unfortunately, Sear has no photo of the coin.</p><p>This is also Dumbarton Oaks Volume 5 Part 2 Andronicus II coin type 562. Unfortunately, the coin in the Dumbarton Oaks photo for coin type 562, is too weak where the Emperor is, therefore the Emperor is not visible, therefore the photo is not helpful for this discussion.</p><p>Sear describes this coin type, as &quot;AE Trachy&quot;.</p><p>Dumbarton Oaks describes this coin type as &quot;Trachea AE&quot;.[ATTACH=full]1328358[/ATTACH]</p><p>Below is LPC page 40 coin type 9 : &quot;Trachy&quot; with &quot;Proskynesis&quot; (authors&#039; word choice)</p><p>This is also Sear 2334, according to Sear and Dumbarton Oaks. Sear has a photo of the coin.</p><p>Unfortunately, most of the Emperor&#039;s body is difficult to see, in the Sear photo.</p><p>This is also Dumbarton Oaks Volume 5 Part 2 Andronicus II coin types 563 through 566. See the Dumbarton Oaks photos above.</p><p>Sear describes this coin type, as an &quot;AE Trachy&quot;.</p><p>Dumbarton Oaks describes this coin type as &quot;Trachea AE&quot;.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1328359[/ATTACH]</p><p>One funny thing. I haven&#039;t been able to find the drawing, inside the LPC book, which matches the drawing, on the cover of the LPC book. Perhaps the drawing on the cover of the LPC book, is a variation of LPC page 34 coin type 1.</p><p>So, to summarize, I haven&#039;t found any photos, of any Byzantine coins, other than Sear 2326 (your coin&#039;s type, I think), which show the same degree of Proskynesis, as the Emperor in your coin.</p><p>I&#039;ll keep looking.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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