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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Quant.Geek, post: 4877453, member: 74799&quot;]Thanks Ross.&nbsp; What threw me off was the extended arm of Christ which is not what I would expect.&nbsp; Here is one of my other so-called Sear-2101 and the Labarum specimen...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b> Empire of Nicaea: John III Ducas-Vatazes (1222-1254) BI Trachy, Magnesia (Sear-2101; DOC IV, Type M 47; Lianta 243-46) </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: IC XC in field; Full-length figure of Christ, standing on dais?; left hand holds Gospel</p><p>Rev: IШ O, KШ or IШ O KШ; Full-length figure of emperor on left, and of St. Constantine, nimbate; between them sword, half-sheathed, point downward. Emperor and saint wear stemma, divitision, collar-piece and jeweled loros of simplified type; both rest hand on shield, emperor&#039;s right hand, saint&#039;s left hand)</p><p>Dim: 27 mm, 1.46 g, 6 h</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/Sear-2101.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://labarum.info/lbr/img/sb2101.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Note that the extended arm is very similar to coins found in Bulgaria which I have not noticed in Byzantine coins of this period...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/untitled4a-jpg.1177708/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_DimnikDobrinic9_1_2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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