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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 8064273, member: 97383"]Claudius G., Congrats on finally securing your coin, & a rare one too <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I had a miserable experience with the last coin I purchased overseas <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> & vowed no more overseas coin purchases <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The Byzantine coin series is ripe with unusual officina marks, & the coin pictured below is a good example. When I acquired the coin long ago, the officina mark <b>IX</b> was attributed to the Jerusalem Mint from research conducted by Simon Bendall, but later recanted by him <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Today coins with this officina mark are thought to indicate a traveling military mint of Heraclius. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1397944[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 8064273, member: 97383"]Claudius G., Congrats on finally securing your coin, & a rare one too :happy:. I had a miserable experience with the last coin I purchased overseas :mad: & vowed no more overseas coin purchases ;). The Byzantine coin series is ripe with unusual officina marks, & the coin pictured below is a good example. When I acquired the coin long ago, the officina mark [B]IX[/B] was attributed to the Jerusalem Mint from research conducted by Simon Bendall, but later recanted by him o_O. Today coins with this officina mark are thought to indicate a traveling military mint of Heraclius. [ATTACH=full]1397944[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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