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nicks New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 01/08/2014 8:17 pm Hi guys I got this from my grandpa before he passed but I cannot figure out what kind of coin it is. A guy at local coin store told me it was from the 1400-1500 but didn't know exactly what kind it is http://s1221.photobucket.com/user/N...d30.jpg.html[/URL Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16883 Posts	Posted 01/08/2014 9:50 pm Hello and welcome. I believe it's slightly older than that. It looks late Byzantine, a gold hyperpyron of the type not introduced until after the Byzantine recapture of Constantinople in AD 1261, with the obverse depicting Mary within the city walls, and reverse the two emperors with Christ standing between them. Over time, the design got cruder and cruder and the gold got more and more debased. I would estimate the date of yours to be somewhere around AD 1300, plus or minus a couple of decades. I'm not sure which emperors are depicted on your coin, but it's something like this example from Wildwinds depicting emperors Andronicus II and Michael IX. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
nicks New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 01/08/2014 11:11 pm Thank you sap for clearing that up for me. Just curious do you have an estimate on a value of the coin? Report this Post to the Staff
jcmworld Pillar of the Community United States 567 Posts	Posted 01/08/2014 11:30 pm top photo is upside down. any way to get a clearer bottom photo? Report this Post to the Staff
nicks New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 01/08/2014 11:31 pm Yes I can take one right now will be up in 5 mins Report this Post to the Staff
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