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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 3037515, member: 44210&quot;]No Leo III but here&#039;s my Byzantine closest in time to the siege, a Justinian II, happens to also be from Syracuse.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Justinian II</u>, Byzantine Empire</b></p><p>AE follis</p><p><b>Obv</b>: No legend, crowned bust facing wearing chlamys, holding akakia in left hand and cross on globe in right hand</p><p><b>Rev</b>: Large M, TNA-like monogram above (Sear type 38)</p><p><b>Mint</b>: Syracuse</p><p><b>Date</b>: 685-695 AD</p><p><b>Ref</b>: SB 1296</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/justii-jpg.676656/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And the emperor who gave his name to the Theodosian Walls.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Theodosius II</u>, Eastern Roman Empire</b></p><p>AV solidus</p><p><b>Obv</b>: D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, diademed, helmeted, cuirassed bust facing, holding spear and shield</p><p><b>Rev</b>: IMP XXXX II COS XVII P P, Constantinopolis seated left, with foot on prow, holding cross on globe and sceptre, star in left field</p><p><b>Mint</b>: Constantinople</p><p><b>Mintmark</b>: COMOB</p><p><b>Date</b>: 442 AD</p><p><b>Ref</b>: RIC X 286</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/theosolidus-jpg.721517/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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