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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;arnoldoe, post: 2233674, member: 72712&quot;]A New Byzantine Follis</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://dfpfmltq984k.cloudfront.net/product_image/104/9/6/9FjiBf8kyQ36tc7N3rSeWAr2Eq5es4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, with Romanus I. </b>913-959. Æ Follis (27mm, 9.32 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 931-944. Crowned bust of Romanus I facing, holding labarum and globus cruciger / Legend in four lines. DOC 25a; SB 1760. VF, brown patina with earthen highlights/deposits.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Illustrated in Prue Morgan Fitts’ forthcoming book, <i>The Beginner&#039;s Guide to Identifying Byzantine Coins</i> (London, Spink, 2015).</p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: rgb(39, 39, 39)"><b><font size="5">Obverse</font><font size="3">: + RωMAN’ bASILЄVS RωM’ (</font><font size="5">“Romanus, King of the Romans”)</font></b></span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: rgb(39, 39, 39)"><b><font size="5">Reverse: </font><font size="3">+ RωMA / N’ ЄN ΘЄΟ bA / SILЄVS Rω / MAIωN</font></b></span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: rgb(39, 39, 39)"><b><font size="5">(“Romanus, by the grace of God, King of the Romans”)</font></b></span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: rgb(39, 39, 39)"><br /></span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: rgb(39, 39, 39)"><br /></span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: rgb(39, 39, 39)"><br /></span></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: #272727"><font size="5">I think it was a pretty good buy for $18.27 + $5 shipping, seeing as it sold for $60 + fees just over 2 months ago on CNG. they probably could have gotten more if they would have included a little more information. lol..&nbsp; </font></span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: rgb(39, 39, 39)"><font size="5"><a href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=288217" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=288217" rel="nofollow">http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=288217</a></font></span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: rgb(39, 39, 39)"><font size="5"></font></span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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