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giano Valued Member 279 Posts	Posted 12/03/2011 05:41 am Hello everyone, I am writing this post because I see that lately Byzantine coins appear here in the forum. I put some of my own, with some data and history, hoping to entice those who has never seen, and perhaps give birth to a new passion for these beautiful coins. Firt one: SB 1710 Basil I and Constantine VII, AE Follis. Constantinople. 867-876 AD. bASILIO S CONST BASILIS (or ..CONSTAN..), Basil, crowned, bearded and wearing loros on left and Constantine (much shorter), crowned and wearing loros, on right, seated facing on double throne, holding labarum between them / bASILIO-S CONSTAN-TINOS EN OO-bASILEIS R-OMAION in five lines (first line can be bASILO). second coin: SB 1760 Romanus I. AE Follis. 913-959 AD. Constantinople. RWMAN bASILEVS RWM, crowned, bearded, facing bust of Romanus, wearing chlamys, holding labarum and cross on globe / RWMA - N EN QEW bA - SILEVS RW - MAIWN, legend in four lines. third coin: SB 1825 Michael IV Class C Follis. 1034-1041 AD. EMMA NOVHL around, IC-XC to right and left of Christ, with nimbate cross behind head, three-quarter length figure standing, raising right hand, holding book of gospels in left / IC-XC/NI-KA in the angles of a jewelled cross with dot at each end. 4th coin: Constantine VIII, Class A3 anonymous follis, 9-10g. 1025-1028 AD. IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ facing with nimbus cross behind head, 2 dots in each limb of the cross, holding book of gospels with dot in centre of the book's border / +IhSUS XRISTUS bASILEU bASILE in four lines. 5th coin: SB 1107 Constans II(641-668), AE Follis, Syracuse. MPER CONST, crowned bust facing with long beard, wearing chlamys, holding cross on globe / large M, TKw-like monogram above, SCL below (no exergual line). 6th coin: SB 856 Heraclius, 610-641 A.D. AE 12 Nummi, Alexandria Mint, struck During the Sasanian occupation, 618-628 AD. by Khusro II. No legend, Facing bust of Khusru II, beardless, wearing chlamys and crown surmounted by a cross within a crescent; star to left, crescent to right / Cross potent on globe, I to left, B to right; mintmark ALEX. 7th coin: SB 872 Heraclius, AE Half follis, Carthage mint. DN ERACLIO PP AV, unbearded, helmeted, cuirassed bust facing, holding cross on globe / Large X-dot-X, star to left, cross above, Epsilon to right, mintmark KRTS. last coin: EMPIRE OF NICAEA. Theodore I Comnenus-Lascaris (1208-1222). Trachy. Obv: IC-XC. Christ, bearded and nimbate, seated upon throne, holding gospel. Rev: Full lenght figure of the emperor, wearing stemma and loros, holding scepter and globe anexikakia. Manus dei above. I hope I have given birth at least curious about this type of coins, which are generally not as expensive as the Roman, but I think pretty equal. Edited by giano 12/03/2011 05:49 am Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 12/03/2011 06:39 am Very nice coins, I also collect Byzantine coins. Report this Post to the Staff
giano Valued Member 279 Posts	Posted 12/03/2011 07:35 am Hi and thanks for reply,maybe you can put some of yours on this post so we can have a rich discussion with more examples...if you want,I'll be glad of this. Everyone who read this post can contribute with his byzantine coin..... Report this Post to the Staff
dougsmit Pillar of the Community United States 1549 Posts	Posted 12/03/2011 09:39 am I'll add two related coins: The first is 40 nummi of Maurice Tiberius from the Antioch mint (then named Theopolis). This coin is a little unusual for the period because it is not overstruck or garbled with poor striking. The second is 40 nummi of Focas of Nikomedia overstruck on a Maurice something like the one above. At the reverse right edge you can read the name of Maurice from the top of the obverse. The Focas dies were a bit smaller than those of Maurice so this edge did not get erased even though the strike was pretty bold. Edited by dougsmit 12/03/2011 09:40 am Report this Post to the Staff
Gil-galad Pillar of the Community United States 2044 Posts	Posted 12/03/2011 11:06 am Those are some very nice coins. Interesting but I don't think I'll be collecting those anytime soon because I am building up my Roman collection. Perhaps in the future. Report this Post to the Staff
giano Valued Member 279 Posts	Posted 12/03/2011 12:24 pm thanks even to dougsmit and gil-galad.other ideas? Report this Post to the Staff
VisigothKing Pillar of the Community United States 4778 Posts	Posted 12/05/2011 2:33 pm Great looking coins Giano. Thanks for sharing! And Gil-galad, these technically are "Romans" too Report this Post to the Staff
giano Valued Member 279 Posts	Posted 12/06/2011 03:18 am Hi jango and thanks for your reply,as I imagine this discussion has been nearly a flop because nobody like this type of coin however it doesn't matter.I still of my opinion and you're right considering these coins as roman. In fact the term Byzantine Empire, was created to identify this Empire in the Renaissance, and sometimes has a meaning of long-winded, or associated with something decadent. The term "Byzantine", derived from Byzantium, the ancient name of the imperial capital Constantinople, was never used during the duration of the Empire (395-1453): the Byzantines considered themselves á¿¬Ï‰Î¼Î±Î¯Î¿Î¹ (RhÅmaioi, "pilgrims", or Romans in Greek), and called their state Î'Î±ÏƒÎ¹Î»ÎµÎ¯Î± á¿¬Ï‰Î¼Î±Î¯Ï‰Î½ (Basileia RhÅmaiÅn, ie "Kingdom of the Romans") or simply á¿¬Ï‰Î¼Î±Î½Î¯Î± (RhÅmania). The Byzantines considered themselves Romans, and their direct descendants, as you can see from the writing of my number 1 and 2 coins on the reverse: -bASILEIS R-OMAION bA - SILEVS RW - MAIWN that would be emperors / Emperor of the Romans Report this Post to the Staff
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