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echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/24/2012 11:29 pm This is a billon trachy of the Byzantine emperor Manuel I 1143-1180 and is Sear # 1966. While double strike errors are fairly common on Byzantine coins. I find this error very uncommon. The obverse depicts Christ enthroned and the letter IC-XC in the corners. As you know these are the Greek letters for Jesus Christ. The error on this coin is that instead of the IC-XC there is XC-XC. This is the first time that I have come across this mistake. Edited by echizento 02/24/2012 11:35 pm Report this Post to the Staff

ancientcoinguy Pillar of the Community United States 842 Posts	Posted 02/25/2012 12:04 am Way cool! Thanks for sharing this. I only have one Byzantine and I had no idea what the IC-XC meant, so I thank you for enlightening me. During this time period punishments for crimes and wrong-doings were often very harsh. I wonder what happened to the poor soul that misspelled the name of the Son of God in this highly religious society? Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/25/2012 08:30 am I had the same thought especially knowing how devote the Byzantines were. BTW, you will also see the letters MP-OV on this coin type which denotes Mother Mary. Report this Post to the Staff
cbrabha New Member United States 22 Posts	Posted 02/25/2012 11:23 am Cool find! Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/26/2012 8:14 pm Doug, I was hoping that you would way in on this one. Report this Post to the Staff
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