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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 7986191, member: 110504&quot;]A solid example of an iconic issue, [USER=21445]@Mat[/USER].&nbsp; Your observations about the significance of the gilt are interesting in evoking vaguely similar, but related Byzantine sensibilities.</p><p>(Edit: ) Well, okay, here&#039;s mine, posted in the last year.&nbsp; Promise you, this one was a serious outlay.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1385865[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1385866[/ATTACH] </p><p>I wanted one as near to the reign of Kaleb, who invaded Yemen, as I could get.&nbsp; But he only issued gold in his own name.&nbsp; Then I sprang for this one (posted during the same interval), still vaguely based on the Roman/Byzantine standard, approximating a tremissis.&nbsp; I like how the legends continue in declining Koine Greek, except for Kaleb&#039;s monogram (two letters at the top of the obverse), which is already in Ge&#039;ez.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1385867[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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