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Nice coins @Mo and @Spence.... Can't help until the 20's...  |
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Good to know Paul--hope we get there eventually. Unfortunately, I also have a hole for the decade of the 650s and so we are stuck for now.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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I also have a hole for the decade of the 650s and so we are stuck for now. Usually I can only date my coins to a century, or part of, or a few decades at best,  but hopefully this one will fill the gap.  CONSTANS II, Follis, Constantinople, 655-656 AD Obverse: Crowned, wearing chlamys , long beard and moustache, standing, holding long cross and cross on globe. Obverse Inscription: EN TVTO NIKA. Reverse: Large M, KwN in left field, star above, CTAN in right field, Γ (officina) below. Exergue: XU (regnal year 15th). Bronze. Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 2.3 gr Sear #: 1008 [D.Sear: Byzantine coins & their values, 2010 edition], MIB 172 b,c [Moneti Imperii Byzantini] |
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Nice one Jim!....Cool photo!  |
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Cheers Paul. The coin isn't in very good condition, but it suits the black background much better than white. |
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hopefully this one will fill the gap That'll do it--a very nice addition to this thread! Now we can drop back to the decade of the 640s. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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The Byzantine Empire should keep us going for the better part of the 7th Century. Here is another Follis. It dates to 643/644 AD and is attributed as Sear #1004.   Starting tomorrow we can drop back to the 630s. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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This Byzantine Follis was minted in Sicily, dates to the time period of 632 to 641 AD, and is attributed as Sear #884.   "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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The portrait on the Sicilian follis is one of the best I've seen. It is quite a powerful image.
I have a few Byzantine coins, but don't know much about them. On the reverse of the Sicilian coin, at the bottom left side, there is a symbol that I don't think I've seen before. It looks like a cross, with an "R" forming the top, and an "h" forming the lower part. Am I reading it wrongly, or does it have some special significance?
Jim
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Hey thx @novicius. I'm not an expert on these, but here are a couple things about this coin. There are actually two portraits on the obv, Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine. Only one is really visible on this coin. On the rev, I believe that is a "R T h" monogram; however, I am unaware of its significance.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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620's Khusro II AR Drachm. Obverse..Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent, two wings, and star-in-crescent, ribbons and crescents on shoulders; monogram behind head, stars flanking crown, double border, star-in-crescents in margin. Reverse..Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; date in Pahlavi to left, mint to right. SK (SISTAN, Zarang) mint, dated RY 37 (AD 628). Göbl II/3, Pl. no. 212. 4.14g, 33mm, 2h.Extremely Fine.  |
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That is a very well preserved Khusro II AR Drachm, Paul. A lovely coin. @Spence. I thought this coin would also do for the 620's, and noticed it had a similar "R h" monogram to the "R T h" on the Sicilian follis. A bit more digging was required. Seemingly they are only a couple of monograms out of fourteen that are attributable to Heraclius.  There are more of the monograms here: http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/monograms.htm Heraclius, Constantine, and Martina. Follis. Constantinople. 624-625 AD Obverse: Martina, crowned, wearing chlamys, on left, Heraclius, crowned, wearing chlamys, in centre, Heraclius Constantine, crowned, wearing chlamys, on right, all standing, each holding cross on globe. Reverse: Large M, monogram in left field, ANNO above, XU (regnal year 15th) in right field, Δ (officina) below. Exergue: CON. Bronze. Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 6 gr. Sear #: 808. MIB 162a-b. |
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Great posts for today..and I can add to them! Here is another Sasanian Drachm, but was minted at Yazd in 629/630 AD (attributed as Göbl II/1).   "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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And this Byzantine Follis was minted one year after yours @novi:   Added: Tomorrow we drop back to the decade of the 610s. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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First post for 2021 - Happy New Year. The Sasanian coins are really well preserved, and have great detail. Unfortunately I don't have any. This is one of my larger bronzes though, from 613-614.  Heraclius & Heraclius Constantine. Follis. Nicomedia 613-614 AD. Obverse: Heraclius, crowned, wearing chlamys , on left and Heraclius Constantine, crowned, wearing chlamys , on right, cross between their heads, each holding cross on globe. Obverse Inscription: dd NN hERACLIVS ET hERA CON. Reverse: Large M, ANNO in left, cross above, IIII (regnal year 4th) in right field, A (officina) below, NIKO in exergue. Bronze. Diameter: 32 mm. Weight: 9.9 gr. Sear #: 834. MIB 175. |
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