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<p>[QUOTE="furryfrog02, post: 7792778, member: 41219"]Thank you for the write up! I've been reading through your Byzantine articles recently. Great stuff!</p><p>In keeping with the Constantine VII theme, here is a follis of Nicephorous II, Phocas that used a follis of Constantine VII as the host coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1337760[/ATTACH] </p><p>Nicephorous II, Phocas</p><p>Follis (overstruck on Constantine Follis, SB 1761)</p><p>963-969 AD</p><p>Obverse: NICIFR bASIL ROM, crowned bust facing with short beard, wearing loros, holding labarum and cross on globe</p><p>(Reverse of Constantine VII, CONST-EN QEO bA-SILEVS R-OMEON under bust)</p><p>Reverse: NICHF-EN QEW bA-SILEVS RW-MAIWN, legend in four lines</p><p>(Bust of Constantine VII, upside down on top of legend)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="furryfrog02, post: 7792778, member: 41219"]Thank you for the write up! I've been reading through your Byzantine articles recently. Great stuff! In keeping with the Constantine VII theme, here is a follis of Nicephorous II, Phocas that used a follis of Constantine VII as the host coin: [ATTACH=full]1337760[/ATTACH] Nicephorous II, Phocas Follis (overstruck on Constantine Follis, SB 1761) 963-969 AD Obverse: NICIFR bASIL ROM, crowned bust facing with short beard, wearing loros, holding labarum and cross on globe (Reverse of Constantine VII, CONST-EN QEO bA-SILEVS R-OMEON under bust) Reverse: NICHF-EN QEW bA-SILEVS RW-MAIWN, legend in four lines (Bust of Constantine VII, upside down on top of legend)[/QUOTE]
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