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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BenSi, post: 24639026, member: 95174&quot;]I agree, the nice ones are rare regardless of type. Thats is part of the challenge. It is also much easier than some of the trachea of the time period, in comparison in style with earlier Roman coinage it&#039;s like comparing Rembrandt art to Picasso art.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the last official (In the catalog) tetarteron. SBCV-2358 Andronicus II</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1567608[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the first of the Assaria series, rough, chipped but attributable. SBCV-2428 Andronicus II and Michael IX</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1567606[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>But then you get something a bit nicer.&nbsp; SBCV-2439 Andronicus II and Michael IX</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1567607[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>That first figure is the Archangel, looks like an eagle.&nbsp; There is a trachy that is similar, but the reverse is different.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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