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<p>[QUOTE="Quant.Geek, post: 4888382, member: 74799"]While Georgian coins takes the prize for their flans (its really an understatement as their flans are AMAZING!), here are some Byzantine coins that exhibit odd and messed up flans during the Twenty Years' Anarchy:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Byzantine Empire: Tiberius III Apsimar (698-705) Æ Half Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1369; DOC II.13; MIB 76)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: Legend normally illegible or only fragmentary; Tiberius standing facing, wearing crown and military costume, and holding globus cruciger and long cross</p><p>Rev: Large K between A/N/N/O and Δ; above, cross(?); beneath, officina letter Δ</p><p>Dim: 3.7 g, 27 mm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/Sear-1369.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Byzantine Empire: Tiberius III Apsimar (698-705) Æ Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1367; DOC II.11)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: Emperor standing, wearing military garb, paludamentum, and crown with cross; In right hand, globus cruciger and in left, long cross</p><p>Rev: Large M; cross above, to left, A/N/N/O; B below; CON in exergue</p><p>Dim: 29 mm, 3.30g</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/Sear-1367.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Quant.Geek, post: 4888382, member: 74799"]While Georgian coins takes the prize for their flans (its really an understatement as their flans are AMAZING!), here are some Byzantine coins that exhibit odd and messed up flans during the Twenty Years' Anarchy: [B]Byzantine Empire: Tiberius III Apsimar (698-705) Æ Half Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1369; DOC II.13; MIB 76)[/B] Obv: Legend normally illegible or only fragmentary; Tiberius standing facing, wearing crown and military costume, and holding globus cruciger and long cross Rev: Large K between A/N/N/O and Δ; above, cross(?); beneath, officina letter Δ Dim: 3.7 g, 27 mm [img]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/Sear-1369.jpg[/img] [B]Byzantine Empire: Tiberius III Apsimar (698-705) Æ Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1367; DOC II.11)[/B] Obv: Emperor standing, wearing military garb, paludamentum, and crown with cross; In right hand, globus cruciger and in left, long cross Rev: Large M; cross above, to left, A/N/N/O; B below; CON in exergue Dim: 29 mm, 3.30g [img]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/Sear-1367.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
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