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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Quant.Geek, post: 3918231, member: 74799&quot;]Byzantine coinage has a lot of collecting themes, including the following series of coins.&nbsp; Around the time of Leo III, the follis underwent a change where the ANNO and the Regal Year is replaced with XXX and NNN on the sides of the large value mark M.&nbsp; Lambros and Wroth indicated that the Xs and Ns were a short-hand for Χριστος νικα repeated three times, but DOC indicates that it is purely decorative as the regal year fell out of use and thus was used as a filler.&nbsp; I am not too convinced about that argument, but here are a few of these types of coins:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b> Byzantine Empire: Leo III (717-741) Æ Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1516) </b></p><p>Obv: LЄON S CON; Two busts facing, Leo on left, bearded, and Constantine, usually slightly smaller, on right. Each wears chlamys with conspicuous tablion and crown with cross, and holds akaka in right</p><p>Rev: Large M; X/X/X - N/N/N across field, cross above, A below</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/Sear-1516%281%29.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b> Byzantine Empire: Leo IV (775-780) Æ Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1586) </b></p><p>Obv: Crowned facing busts of Leo IV and Constantine VI, each wearing chlamys; cross in field above</p><p>Rev: Crowned facing busts of Leo III and Constantine V each wearing loros, set on horizontal bar; B A across field; below, M above A, flanked by X and N</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/Sear-1586%281%29.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Byzantine Empire: Theophilus (829-842) Æ Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1666) </b></p><p>Obv: ✷ ΘЄOFIL ЬASIL; Crowned and draped bust of facing, holding patriarchal cross and akakia</p><p>Rev: Large M; cross above, X/X/X to left, N/N/N to right, Θ below</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/Sear-1666%281%29.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So go ahead and post some Xs and Ns with a bit of an M or anything else you like![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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