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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 4706466, member: 26302"]I have posted before, but Byzantine coins always remind me of the movie Crazy People. In it, there was a man in the asylum obsessed with Saab 900's. When they made the advertising firm a ton of money, everyone got cars. Lots of fancy drop tops, corvettes, etc. He was despondent until a crappy, rusty Saab 900 showed up. He eagerly climbed in, and tried to start it. Uggg ugg ugg, Ugg ugg ugg. Someone pulled up and asked if there was a problem. He said, "They aren't SUPPOSED to start all of the time!". </p><p><br /></p><p>Byzantine coins are similar. They are not SUPPOSED to be round, well struck, recognizable, etc ALL of the time! Truly a series where you need to do your reading, understand what they were trying to accomplish, read about the struggles they were going through at the time, and love them for their history anyway! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 4706466, member: 26302"]I have posted before, but Byzantine coins always remind me of the movie Crazy People. In it, there was a man in the asylum obsessed with Saab 900's. When they made the advertising firm a ton of money, everyone got cars. Lots of fancy drop tops, corvettes, etc. He was despondent until a crappy, rusty Saab 900 showed up. He eagerly climbed in, and tried to start it. Uggg ugg ugg, Ugg ugg ugg. Someone pulled up and asked if there was a problem. He said, "They aren't SUPPOSED to start all of the time!". Byzantine coins are similar. They are not SUPPOSED to be round, well struck, recognizable, etc ALL of the time! Truly a series where you need to do your reading, understand what they were trying to accomplish, read about the struggles they were going through at the time, and love them for their history anyway! :)[/QUOTE]
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