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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4157641, member: 85693"]I'd agree Byzantine coins are an acquired taste - an perhaps too an acquired taste to appreciate the Byzantine political/cultural achievement. But I've found it rewarding to poke around the coins and the history in an amateur way. </p><p><br /></p><p>At the very least, you can get your fill of gruesome: I was surprised to find a couple years back that Wikipedia has an article entitled: "Political mutilation in Byzantine culture." Since it is wrong for Christians to kill, even your political rival, it became a custom to blind, cut off noses, etc. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_mutilation_in_Byzantine_culture" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_mutilation_in_Byzantine_culture" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_mutilation_in_Byzantine_culture</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Wilkipedia provides a nice chart - somebody ought to put together a "Mutilation Collection" of Byzantine coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Speaking of mutilation, here is my latest Byzantine. This is one of those giant forward-facing bust folles of Justinian I. They are not exactly hard to find, but they are very popular and therefore very expensive. Thanks to some non-political mutilation (the hole, I mean) I got it on the cheap. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1072995[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Justinian I Æ Follis</b></p><p><b>Year 20 (546-547 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Nicomedia Mint</b></p><p>DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG, helmeted, cuirassed bust facing, holding cross/globe and shield, cross right / Large M, ANNO left, cross above, XX right, B below, NIKO in exergue.</p><p>SB 201; DOC 117b. </p><p>(18.00 grams / 32 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4157641, member: 85693"]I'd agree Byzantine coins are an acquired taste - an perhaps too an acquired taste to appreciate the Byzantine political/cultural achievement. But I've found it rewarding to poke around the coins and the history in an amateur way. At the very least, you can get your fill of gruesome: I was surprised to find a couple years back that Wikipedia has an article entitled: "Political mutilation in Byzantine culture." Since it is wrong for Christians to kill, even your political rival, it became a custom to blind, cut off noses, etc. [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_mutilation_in_Byzantine_culture[/URL] Wilkipedia provides a nice chart - somebody ought to put together a "Mutilation Collection" of Byzantine coins. Speaking of mutilation, here is my latest Byzantine. This is one of those giant forward-facing bust folles of Justinian I. They are not exactly hard to find, but they are very popular and therefore very expensive. Thanks to some non-political mutilation (the hole, I mean) I got it on the cheap. [ATTACH=full]1072995[/ATTACH] [B]Justinian I Æ Follis Year 20 (546-547 A.D.) Nicomedia Mint[/B] DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG, helmeted, cuirassed bust facing, holding cross/globe and shield, cross right / Large M, ANNO left, cross above, XX right, B below, NIKO in exergue. SB 201; DOC 117b. (18.00 grams / 32 mm)[/QUOTE]
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