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1028-1034 - follis (Anonymous class B)62 views+ EMMANOVHΛ , bust of Christ facing, holding Gospels ; in field IC / XC (icon of the "Pantocrator")
Cross on three steps dividing IS / XC // bAS / ILE // bAS / ILE (Jesus Christ, King of Kings)
Sear 1823Ginolerhino
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1028-1034 - follis (Anonymous class B)33 views+ EMMANOVHΛ , bust of Christ facing, holding Gospels ; in field IC / XC (icon of the "Pantocrator")
Cross on three steps dividing IZ / XC // IAZ / ILE // IAZ / ILE (a blundered version of the previous coin's reverse)
Sear 1823Ginolerhino
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1034-1041 - follis (Anonymous class C)73 views+ EMMANOVHΛ , 3/4 length figure of Christ standing (icon of the "Antiphonetes") , in field IC / XC
Jewelled cross dividing IC / XC / NI / KA ("Jesus Christ conquers").
Sear 1825Ginolerhino
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1042-1055 - follis (anonymous class D)41 viewsChrist facing seated on throne, holding gospels ; in field IC / XC
- + - / IS XC / bASILE / bASIL
Sear 1836Ginolerhino
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1059-1067 Constantin IX - follis from Constantinople54 views+EMMANOVHΛ , Christ standing facing, in field IC / XC
+ KωN T ΔK EVΔK AVΓO , Eudocia and Constantine IX standing facing holding labarum (Constantine IX and Eudocia are depicted like the icon of Constantine the Great and his mother Helena holding the True Cross).
Sear 1853Ginolerhino
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1068-1071 - follis (Anonymous class G)40 viewsBust of Christ facing, holding scroll ; in field IC / XC
Bust of the Virgin Mary facing, raising both hands (praying, it's why this icon is called in Latin Virgo orans) ; in field MTP / ΘV ("Mother of God")
Sear 1867Ginolerhino
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498-518 Anastasius - follis from Constantinople72 viewsGinolerhino
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518-527 Justin I - follis from Nicomedia53 viewsMinted in Nicomedia (Izmit, Turkey), in 518-527.
Ginolerhino
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518-578 Justin I to Justin II - 12 nummia from Alexandria51 viewsd.m. IVS[...]
I+B , exergue AΛEξ
Difficult to tell wether this coin is of Justin I, Justinian or Justin II.Ginolerhino
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582-602 Maurice Tiberius - half-follis from Antioch26 viewsBlundered legend (?) , bust facing wearing consular robe, holding mappa and scepter xith eagle
ANNO / IIII , Large XX ; exergue R
Sear 534Ginolerhino
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610 Heraclius as Consul - follis from Alexandretta (Iskenderun, Turkey)90 viewsMinted in Alexandretta (Iskenderun, Turkey) in 610.
Ginolerhino
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641-668 Constans II - follis from Constantinole37 viewsBust of Constans II facing, holding cross on globe
Busts of Constantine IV, Heraclius and Tiberius around M
Sear 1013-1014Ginolerhino
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641-668 Constans II - follis from Constantinople53 viewsMinted in Constantinople in 641-2. Obverse legend should read "EN TOYTO NIKA" but appears blundered. Ginolerhino
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641-668 Constans II - follis from Constantinople37 viewsProbably minted in Constantinople. Circular countermark with christogram on reverse.Ginolerhino
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641-668 Constans II - follis from Thessalonica23 viewsBust of Constans II facing, holding cross on globe
Busts of Constantine IV, Heraclius and Tiberius around M , exergue : Θ
Sear 1023-1025Ginolerhino
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665-666 Constans II - follis from Constantinople33 viewsMinted in Constantinople in 665-6.
Obverse : Left : Constans II standing in military attire, right : Constantine IV his son wearing crown and chlamys.
Reverse : M between Heraclius and Tiberius, each wearing crown and chlamys and holding a globe cruciger.
According to Sear (1012) this follis was minted only in the year 25.
Ginolerhino
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741-775 Constantine V Copronymos - follis from Syracuse23 viewsBusts of Constantine V and Leo IV facing, to the left K, to he right ΛEON
[ΛEON] / ΔEC[Π] , bust of Leo III facing, holding cross potent.
Sear 1569Ginolerhino
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829-842 Theophilus - follis fromConstantinople54 viewsΘEOFIL' bASIL' , 3/4 length emperor facing holding cross on globe and labarum
ΘEO / FILE AVS / OVStE SV / NICAS
Sear 1667Ginolerhino
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976-1025 - follis (Anonymous class A2)60 views+ EMMANOVHΛ , bust of Christ facing, holding gospels ; in field IC / XC
+ IhSuS / XRISTuS / bASILEu / bASILE
Sear 1813Ginolerhino
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Arab-Byzantine fals - Emesa (Homs, Syria)70 viewsKAΛON / b-Homs (in Arabic) , bust of a Byzantine emperor holding globe with cross.
EMI CHC around large m ; tayyib (= "good", like καλον in Greek) in exergue.Ginolerhino
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Arab-Byzantine fals of Damascus (Syria)62 views[D]MSh[Q] (?) , Byzantine emperor standing facing holding long cross and globe with cross
ANO / X-II , large M, cross-shaped monogram above, ΔAM in exergueGinolerhino
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Follis of Heraclius ? or Constans II ?32 viewsMinted in Constantinople or Thessalonica (Thessaloniki, Greece) ?
Ginolerhino
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Follis of Justin II and Sophia38 viewsMinted in Nicomedia (Izmit, Turkey) in 575-6.
Ginolerhino
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Follis of Justin II and Sophia31 viewsMinted in Theoupolis (Antioch) in 573-4.
Ginolerhino
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Follis of Justinian42 viewsMinted in Theoupolis (Antioch).
Ginolerhino
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Follis of Justinian42 viewsMinted in Nicomedia (Izmit, Turkey) in 539-40.
Ginolerhino
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Follis of Justinian41 viewsMinted in Constantinople in 538-9.
Ginolerhino
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Follis of Maurice Tiberius39 viewsMinted in Constantinople, in 594-5. Ginolerhino
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Follis of Maurice Tiberius36 viewsMinted in Constantinople, in 585-6. Ginolerhino
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Follis of Maurice Tiberius44 viewsMinted in Theoupolis (Antioch), in 589-90. The emperor is wearing the consular robe, holding the mappa and the eagle-sceptre.
Ginolerhino
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Follis of Maurice Tiberius44 viewsMinted in Theoupolis (Antioch) in 595-6. The emperor is wearing the consular robe.
Ginolerhino
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Half-follis of Justin I32 viewsMinted in Constantinople, in 518-527.
Ginolerhino
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Half-follis of Justinian49 viewsMinted in Theoupolis (Antioch)
Ginolerhino
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Half-follis of Justinian31 viewsMinted in Theoupolis (Antioch) in 550-1.
Ginolerhino
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Hilderic (523-530) - AE435 views[...] P.F. [AVG.] ?
Cross in wreath
Vandalic coin minted in CarthageGinolerhino
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Justinian - quarter-follis from Constantine in Numidia41 viewsIllegible legend, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
+I+ , exergue : CON (Constantine)
Sear 286 (thank you, Dirk)Ginolerhino
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Pentanummium of Justin II94 viewsMinted in Antioch. The monogram is listed nr.9 by Sear.
Ginolerhino
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Tetarteron of Alexius Comnenus (1081-1092)75 viewsObverse : + A , bust of Alexius.
Reverse : C - Φ / AΛ - Δ , jeweled cross.
Ginolerhino
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Three-quarter follis of Tiberius II67 viewsMinted in Constantinople in 578-582.
Ginolerhino
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