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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;arnoldoe, post: 2446804, member: 72712&quot;]Its from Constantinople,</p><p><br /></p><p>CONOB. <i>Constantinopoli <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=obryzum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=obryzum" rel="nofollow">obryzum</a></i>. The <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Solidus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Solidus" rel="nofollow">solidus</a> weighed 1/72 of the Roman pound. &quot;OB&quot; was both an abbreviation for the word <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=obryzum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=obryzum" rel="nofollow">obryzum</a>, which means refined or pure gold, and is the Greek numeral 72. Thus the <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Exergue" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Exergue" rel="nofollow">exergue</a> CONOB coin may be read &quot;Constantinople, 1/72 pound pure gold.&quot; -- &quot;Byzantine Coinage&quot; by Philip Grie</p><p>rson</p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=conob" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=conob" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=conob</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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