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<p>[QUOTE="Herberto, post: 2254184, member: 74222"]Mine are (of course) Constantine the Great, one minted in Rome and another in Siscia:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]446406[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]446407[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well I am Byzantine collector, and when Byzantine era exactly begins is matter of discussion. However the best explanation one can give is that it was a gradual process beginning from Diocletian (around 290) until Leo III the Isaurian(around 720). I have decided that it started with Constantine the Great due to the foundation of Constantinople, which virtually made the Eastern Roman part survived for further 1000 years more than the Western part. - It was first until the Sack of Constantinople in 1204 accompanied with the invention of canon that sealed the death of Byzantine Empire.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Herberto, post: 2254184, member: 74222"]Mine are (of course) Constantine the Great, one minted in Rome and another in Siscia: [ATTACH=full]446406[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]446407[/ATTACH] Well I am Byzantine collector, and when Byzantine era exactly begins is matter of discussion. However the best explanation one can give is that it was a gradual process beginning from Diocletian (around 290) until Leo III the Isaurian(around 720). I have decided that it started with Constantine the Great due to the foundation of Constantinople, which virtually made the Eastern Roman part survived for further 1000 years more than the Western part. - It was first until the Sack of Constantinople in 1204 accompanied with the invention of canon that sealed the death of Byzantine Empire.[/QUOTE]
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