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Your on the right track. I made it easy for you. This type is fairly rare and usually not very well struck. In fact this is one of the better examples I've seen.
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Don't have any relevant reference material on hand, so have to try to find some on the net. Here an interesting pdf with excellent line drawings for some (but unfortunately not many) byzantine trachies plus some other good information: http://www.orthodoxcoins.com/books/...ro-chap6.pdf |
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It is interesting will have to read it.
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Okay, ready for my first guess:
Konstantin I Asen?
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I know this coin is pretty obscure, so here is another clue. He was murdered by a person named Ivaylo.
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I am impressed, guess I gave too good a clue. AE Nomisma Constantine Tikh Asen (Constantine I of Bulgaria) Tsar of Bulgaria & Serbia 1257-1277 Constantine on throne Bust of Christ Turnova mint DO XLVIII I Type A   |
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Will continue on my search, but thanks for the extra hint. Came across the above pdf right now during my first search for "bulgarian trachies", personally I like clear line drawings of coins with no or difficult legends. Postscript: Crossing post it seems. Was the third ruler I found with named trachies and the other two were clearly different. Here the one which helped me make the guess: http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/in...opic=24979.0Edited by Medieval
01/16/2015 12:22 am
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Those are nicer than mine. Thought this one was going to be a little tough but you breezed right through it. I'm off to be, doctors appointments in the morning so I probably wouldn't be back on until late unless I pop in before I leave.
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Okay, have a good rest - hope it is just a routine appointment. Leave this up for anyone to have a guess at, would consider it more difficult than my previous one, but after that exercise it should not be difficult:  |
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constantine vii? You got it. Will add pictures in a minute - just got up, have to grab a coffee. Edit, here is comes:   Follis minted in Constantinople by Constantine VII - Sear#1761 Obverse: +CONST BASIL ROM, around bust facing with short beard, wearing crown and loros Reverse: +CONST / ENTHEOBA / SILEVS R / OMEON If the face looks a little distorted, it's no wonder. The coin was minted over the last type I posted (Sear#1760) obverse over reverse etc though. That is "+rwma / nENTHew ba / SILEvs rw / m A IWN" with the "ENTH" crossing the face of Constantine from top left towards bottom right. Not much from the original obverse is visible on the reverse except for part of the legend, the "ILEVS RWM" Edited by Medieval
01/16/2015 5:31 pm
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Very interesting coins. Can't wait to get back in the game.
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how about this fellow.  |
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