I Need Some Help Identifying A Coins

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horrmet New Member Serbia (Srbija) 1 Posts	Posted 05/03/2013 1:42 pm Hello All!! I need some help identifying a coins. Thanks in advance. * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

aiglet7 Pillar of the Community Canada 695 Posts	Posted 05/03/2013 2:08 pm Your coins appear to be from the Byzantine period. This link will provide possible identification and more details on the individual coins:- http://wildwinds.com/coins/sb/i.html Scroll well down the page. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 05/03/2013 7:20 pm to the community The coins are indeed Byzantine. The are know as billon trachy and were struck from the middle 11th - 13th centuries. The obverse usually depicts Christ enthroned with the legend IC-XC or Mary enthroned holding baby Jesus with the legend MP-OV. The Reverse depicts the emperor on the left facing and either a saint or angel on the right. From what I can tell they are mostly of the emperor Manuel I, 1143-1180 and one that could be Andronicus I, 1183-1185. The coins all appear to have been clipped or cut which was done during the Latin Rule period from 1204- 1261. Report this Post to the Staff
Doucet Pillar of the Community United States 1315 Posts	Posted 05/03/2013 7:27 pm Nice Byzantines. Edited by Doucet 05/03/2013 7:28 pm Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4980 Posts	Posted 05/03/2013 10:23 pm nice indeed, that one on the lower left is very nice. Report this Post to the Staff
cipriani Valued Member Brazil 117 Posts	Posted 05/03/2013 10:30 pm How did you get those coins? They are amazing! Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 05/04/2013 12:00 am I just noticed on the second group of pictures the top left one has the emperor holding a Fleur-De-Lis. While not 100% sure I know that the emperor Michael VIII Paleolgus 1261-1282 had the Fleur-De-Lis on some of his coins. Report this Post to the Staff
Torquelover New Member China 16 Posts	Posted 05/04/2013 7:54 pm Looks like a billion trachy from the late Byzantine period. The observe of one coin do suggest the image of an emperor crowned by the Virgin Mary. I guess it may be from Michael viii Report this Post to the Staff
joecoin85 Valued Member United States 325 Posts	Posted 05/05/2013 10:56 am Good Byzantines. Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 05/05/2013 12:01 pm Nice group! Report this Post to the Staff
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