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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I have had a go at identifying them but only one has enough of the legend visible for a novice like me to work with.  SB1966, DO13i. on the wildwinds site. Manuel I comnenus. The only difference is my coin hasn't got an " M " above/between the 2 figures, it looks more like a bird holding something in its beak. The other 2 have left me stumped as there is no legend to work with but both have on the reverse ( I think ) a character seated holding a small head in their lap.   I am struggling to get a good reverse picture at the moment, will add them as soon as I get it sorted. TIA |
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The one in the middle seems to be Alexius III - have a look at SB#2012.
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Pillar of the Community
 United Kingdom
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Thanks Med There are 2 examples and the top 1 is closest to mine, just the dots on the clothes are different. I didn't want to pop it out its holder but needed to get a decent picture of both sides so here they are   Not much left of the other side , only the left side letters of IC with something else above it. |
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Have another look, the dots on the clothing match better with the second example.
Let's wait for 'echizento', but I guess he will agree with me on this one.
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I agree with you 100% Med, I said the top 1 because it has the same symbol between the 2 characters ( long stick with dot above )and placed more importance ( in my mind )on this over the dots. This all new to me Med so I apologise in advance for future errors  |
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No need to apologise, people consider different points as most important.
For me it is with those Byzantine issues where there is more or less no legend:
1. Overall design
2. Patterns on clothing
3. Other design details
Wonder what the approach of others is in that regard.
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As you say the first one is Manuel I, the second does appear to be Alexius III SB 2012. And the last one appears to be Isaac II SB 2003.
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Many thanks Echizento Looks like they are all attributed now, nice little set to start of with. I think I need to order another bundle as I have nothing left to play with, once I do that a few times I can start to connect some dots and be more specific with my collecting. I have also learnt a lot about an historic period that I thought I had no interest in, now I'm hooked  Thanks everyone for your help with my coins  I will let you know when my next batch arrives. |
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