2 Byzantine Coins To ID | Anonymous Folles

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DagonX Valued Member Poland 392 Posts	Posted 01/29/2009 06:55 am Hi! Maybe someone can ID these coins? Coin 1 Coin 2 Thanks for help! Edited by Sap 01/30/2009 12:37 am Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16876 Posts	Posted 01/29/2009 07:55 am Both of these coins are a type of coin known as an "anonymous follis" from the period 969 to 1092 AD. During this time, the emperor's name doesn't appear on bronze coinage; only the portrait and titles of Christ appear. The coins are sorted into types, and experts in the series have determined more-or-less the time periods the different types belong to. All anonymous folles are quite common, and both of these appear to have been quite harshly cleaned. Pic #1 took a while to load, but it finally appeared: with the reverse inscription appearing around a cross-on-steps, this one is clearly a Class B. These are attributed to the reign of Romanus III (1028-1034 AD). Pic #2: This is one of the class A types; a more precise date depends on the weight. Class A1 are about 7 grams (circa 969-989), Class A2 are about 15 grams (circa 989-1020) and class A3 are about 10 grams (circa 1020-1028). Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Edited by Sap 01/29/2009 07:56 am Report this Post to the Staff
DagonX Valued Member Poland 392 Posts	Posted 01/29/2009 08:24 am The second coin is about 10 grams - it means that it might be Basil II or Constantine VIII... Sap, anyway - thanks for help Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 01/29/2009 2:28 pm At about 10 grams would make your second coin a Class A3 attributed to Constantine VIII, and later years of Basil II. Sear# 1818 Report this Post to the Staff
DagonX Valued Member Poland 392 Posts	Posted 01/29/2009 3:11 pm Yep, just like I wrote.... Quote: it means that it might be Basil II or Constantine VIII... Report this Post to the Staff
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