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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 3191134, member: 56653&quot;]The controversy that I point out is also resumed in the source you mention (p. 185), but the strongest argument in favor of Mankaphas is the presence of these coins in hoards that are generally dated before 1200/1205, rather than the mention by Choniates (who has probably never seen the coins he mentions). And while the common wisdom today points towards Theodore Mankaphas, it is interesting to remember that this is still a somewhat conventional id, picked as most probable from a couple of others, Branas being another possibility and an intriguing one for its implications.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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