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<p>[QUOTE="Suarez, post: 4158526, member: 99239"]I don't think you need to be so apologetic. Nobody is going to deny that almost the entire run of Byzantine coinage is in the toilet, artistically speaking. However, the part that you might not have considered is that the degraded art is in itself appealing to collectors. Have you seen early British coinage? Merovingian? Hell, pretty much all European coinage didn't have competent engravers until the Renaissance and despite this there's no shortage of collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Possibly the ugliest coins ever made are those of Constantine XI and I'd just about trade a kidney for one :-D</p><p><br /></p><p>Rasiel[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Suarez, post: 4158526, member: 99239"]I don't think you need to be so apologetic. Nobody is going to deny that almost the entire run of Byzantine coinage is in the toilet, artistically speaking. However, the part that you might not have considered is that the degraded art is in itself appealing to collectors. Have you seen early British coinage? Merovingian? Hell, pretty much all European coinage didn't have competent engravers until the Renaissance and despite this there's no shortage of collectors. Possibly the ugliest coins ever made are those of Constantine XI and I'd just about trade a kidney for one :-D Rasiel[/QUOTE]
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