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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FitzNigel, post: 3242862, member: 74712&quot;]Nice!&nbsp; I have two from Manuel myself:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]849250[/ATTACH] </p><p>Byzantine Empire</p><p>Manuel I, r. 1143-1180 A.D.</p><p>AE Tetarteron, 20.34 mm x 4 grams</p><p>Obv.: MANȣHA ΔϵCΠOTHC.&nbsp; Manuel, bearded, stg. facing, wearing crown, division, locos and sagion, and holding cruciform scepter and akakia</p><p>Rev.: M̅P̅, Θ̅V̅.&nbsp; The Virgin, nimbate, stg. r., with hands raised towards the hand of God in upper field to r.&nbsp; She wears pallium and maphorium</p><p>Ref.: SBCV 1968</p><p>(Need to redo this photo - the coin is darker in hand, amd reverse is out of focus)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]849251[/ATTACH] </p><p>Byzantine Empire</p><p>Manuel I, r. 1143-1180 A.D.</p><p>AE Tetartera, 18.18 mm x 3 grams</p><p>Obv.: MANVHL DECPOTH, Manuel, crowned and wearing loros, bust facing, holding labarum and cross on globe</p><p>Rev.: Barred IC - barred XC to left and right of cross with X at centre, on three steps</p><p>Ref.: SBCV 1982</p><p>Ex. DC Collection</p><p><br /></p><p>I’ll admit to ignorance, but is there a purpose behind the shape of many of these being hexagons?&nbsp; I noticed this when I bought a crusader issue from Antioch, which also has the hexagon shape, amd falls into about the same range and size (but I haven’t done much research into it):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]849254[/ATTACH] </p><p>Crusader - Antioch</p><p>Tancred, Regent, r. 1101-1103, 1104-1112</p><p>AE Type 2 Follis, 20.3 mm x 3.3 grams</p><p>Obv.: Bust of Tancred facing, wearing turban, holding sword</p><p>Rev.: Cross pommetée, fleuronnée at base; IC XC NI KA in quarters</p><p>Ref.: De Wit 4079; (Metcalf, Crusades 63-70; CCS 4a)</p><p>Overstruck on a First type follis of Tancred (CCS 3b)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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