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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 7287618, member: 110226&quot;]Here&#039;s the Alexius I Comnenus BI aspron trachy that I mentioned in my opening post.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t include this coin last night because the lighting conditions weren&#039;t right.&nbsp; This coin requires good, diffuse daylight for a halfway decent photo.</p><p><br /></p><p>As these coins go, I guess it is fairly typical.&nbsp; There seem to be a couple of edge chips, not surprising given the cup shaped flan and the brittle metal.&nbsp; That this coin wasn&#039;t crushed into fragments at some point over the past near 1,000 years is quite remarkable.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin weighs 3.0 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>Alexius I Comnenus, 1081-1118</p><p>BI aspron trachy</p><p>Obverse: Nimbate Christ enthroned facing, wearing pallium and colobium, holding book of Gospels in left hand; IC-XC across fields</p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; + ΑΛ ΔЄC, bust facing, wearing crown and jewelled chlamys, holding cruciform sceptre and globus cruciger.</p><p>Sear 1918</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1275990[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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