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<p>[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 3247606, member: 95174"]A new bit of info and a nice example to add to the thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>This article is regarding Why they were made, not how. It is very interesting. No definitive answer but a good read. ( I mentioned this in a non related thread earlier.)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.academia.edu/37655582/Why_did_the_Byzantine_Coinage_Turn_Concave_Old_Suggestions_and_a_New_One" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/37655582/Why_did_the_Byzantine_Coinage_Turn_Concave_Old_Suggestions_and_a_New_One" rel="nofollow">https://www.academia.edu/37655582/W...ge_Turn_Concave_Old_Suggestions_and_a_New_One</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The coin recently added to my collection is part of my hunt to complete the coinage of John II Comnenus. SBCV -1952 27mm and 4.08gm This completes the billion trachea part of my hunt. It is an interesting example, strange patina , you can see traces of the silver underneath. Nicely struck and a strange depiction of the child Christ. The reverse has most of the legend. I am not sure how the wear dot in the center got there. [ATTACH=full]851413[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 3247606, member: 95174"]A new bit of info and a nice example to add to the thread. This article is regarding Why they were made, not how. It is very interesting. No definitive answer but a good read. ( I mentioned this in a non related thread earlier.) [URL='https://www.academia.edu/37655582/Why_did_the_Byzantine_Coinage_Turn_Concave_Old_Suggestions_and_a_New_One']https://www.academia.edu/37655582/W...ge_Turn_Concave_Old_Suggestions_and_a_New_One[/URL] The coin recently added to my collection is part of my hunt to complete the coinage of John II Comnenus. SBCV -1952 27mm and 4.08gm This completes the billion trachea part of my hunt. It is an interesting example, strange patina , you can see traces of the silver underneath. Nicely struck and a strange depiction of the child Christ. The reverse has most of the legend. I am not sure how the wear dot in the center got there. [ATTACH=full]851413[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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