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augustus1 Pillar of the Community United States 549 Posts	Posted 06/07/2021 6:36 pm I am announcing my website on Byzantine coin legends: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/legends.html It is possible to collect Byzantine coins by emperor and type without knowing what their legends say. The site is intended to enable collectors to understand and translate the legends. It has typical examples at the beginning like this one: Sear 1729. Leo VI, "The Wise" 886-912. 27 mm. 7.96 grams. Very common. Obverse, clockwise from 8:00: +L#1028;O#1210; bAS-IL#1028;VS ROM' Leo, emperor of the Romans [Byzantines] Reverse in four lines: +L#1028;O#1210; Leo #1028;#1210; Θ#1028;O BA "by the grace of God" ["in God'] SIL#1028;VS R emperor of the Romans [Byzantines] OM#1028;O#1210; (the "#1210;" is an "N") It has sections on numerals/numbers, the Greek alphabet, abbreviations and words, emperor's names, mints, monograms, and many examples in order of Sear number. I intend the page to be easy to navigate. There are very many internal links and most legends are linked to images of coins with those legends. It is primarily aimed at copper coins. Unusual legends on rare gold and silver coins have been omitted. This is the first announced version of the web site. Web sites are easy to correct and supplement. If you have suggestions for corrections or supplements, please contact me at the email address on the site. Again, the URL is: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/legends.html br / Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 06/07/2021 6:47 pm Excellent site. Report this Post to the Staff
augustus1 Pillar of the Community United States 549 Posts	Posted 06/09/2021 11:49 am Oops! I see that in my post above the Greek letters do not show up properly. However, they do on the site itself. http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/legends.html Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188560 Posts	Posted 06/09/2021 11:53 am Quote: Oops! I see that in my post above the Greek letters do not show up properly. In the future you can use the "Add Greek Letters" link above the text entry window. Hopefully that helps. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
louisvillekyshop CCF Advertiser United States 1305 Posts	Posted 06/09/2021 12:09 pm Augustus; I certainly admire your Numbers section and how you make sense of it all... I guess in reality it was just hit and miss how they actually used the Greek and Roman characters as they certainly seem to have not been playing by a standard handbook with any strict rules, so pages like this will come in handy! Report this Post to the Staff
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