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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 4581130, member: 110226&quot;]Yesterday, outside the front gate, on driveway(!), I found a package of long awaited lots from Roma Numismatics.&nbsp; Included was a large lot of Byzantine bronzes.&nbsp; I am going through them, giving a few a bath in distilled water, while going through the Internet to identify others, scratching my head and losing what few hairs remain at the top.</p><p><br /></p><p>The lot spans a range of denominations and most, if not all, are fairly common; no real rarities so far.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are three.&nbsp; Two were easy to attribute, but I would like your assistance with the third.</p><p><br /></p><p>Byzantine Empire, c. 1023 - 11 November 1028 AD</p><p>AE Follis</p><p>Anonymous, Class A3</p><p>Basil II and Constantine VIII</p><p>Constantinople </p><p>Obverse: + ЄMMA NOVHΛ, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium &amp; colobium, holding gospels with both hands, to left IC, to right XC</p><p>Reverse: IҺSЧS / XRISTЧS / ЬASILЄЧ / ЬASILЄ in four lines, ornaments (Grierson ornaments 24a var) above &amp; below</p><p>Grierson ornaments #?</p><p>10.4 grams</p><p>30 mm, 6 h.</p><p>VF with earthen areas, slightly uneven strike, nice centers</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1134693[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Byzantine Empire, 1071-1078 AD</p><p>AE Follis</p><p>Michael VII Ducas</p><p>Constantinople </p><p>Obverse: Bust of Christ facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels, symbols (?) in fields left and right</p><p>Reverse: Crowned bust of Michael VII facing, holding labarum and globus cruciger</p><p>7.5 grams</p><p>23.5 mm, 6 h.</p><p>About VF with somewhat rough surfaces</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1134700[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is the coin that I am having some difficulty identifying.&nbsp; I think it is a follis of Theophilus, but the officinia on the revere is A (the first officina), and I cannot find an equivalent example online.&nbsp; This coin weighs 4.0 grams and is 20 mm in diameter, coin axis.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1134705[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>With 34 coins to work on with this lot, I hope to post some additional bronzes in the future.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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