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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David@PCC, post: 2836314, member: 80556&quot;]Scyphates were Byzantine cup shaped coins starting in the 10th century. There were made in all metals and continued for several hundred years late into the empire.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]669798[/ATTACH] </p><p>Andronicus I</p><p>Billon Aspron trachy</p><p>1183 to 1185 AD</p><p>Constantinople Mint</p><p>Obvs: MP OV, The Virgin facing on dias, nimbate and wearing pallium and maphorium. She holds infant Christ.</p><p>Revs: ANΔPONIKOC ΔЄCΠOTHC, Christ on right crowning Andronicus, who holds labarum and globus.</p><p>30mm, 3.8g.</p><p>Ref: Sear 1985</p><p><br /></p><p>Lets see some Scyphates![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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