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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BenSi, post: 3522807, member: 95174&quot;]We rarely see Alexius trachea but he was the one who started created concaved coinage <u><b>in billion</b></u> after the coin reform. They tend to be not pretty, on occasion they are but I don&#039;t have a pretty one yet( Just bought a SBCV-1918 from Roma that they graded aEF.) Here is one SBCV-1919 , they were struck quickly and the obverse of Christ is barely visible.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]935441[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In contrast 80 years latter the designs got more complex and better examples appear in the market with regularity. I think this coin from Andronicus is a good example of a convex coin, The denomination is general was at its height for beautiful and nicely struck examples.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]935443[/ATTACH]</p><p>Here is a close up on the detail being crowned by Christ. You can easily see the double rings on both sides of the coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]935444[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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