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Byzantine Empire, Alexius I Commenus1081-1118 AD
BI Aspron Trachy, 27mm, 4.209 grams, 180 degrees
Post-reform period, second coinage. Constantinople mint. Struck 1092 / 3-1118.
O: Crowned facing bust of Alexius, holding cruciform scepter and globus cruciger.
R: O: Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing, IC-XC to left and right of Christ
SB 1918, DOC 25b.4
Notes: I like these trachys, plus this was the first Byzantine Emperor who had to contend with the Crusades
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Byzantine Empire, Andronicus III24 May 1328 - 15 June 1341
AE trachy, 19.7 mm, 0.053 grams, 0 degrees
O: winged patriarchal cross
R: half-length figures of Andronicus and St. Demetrius holding long cross, star in cloud above
Ref: DOC V pl. 50, 919-20; Lianta 835; Bendall PCPC 270; SBCV 2483
Notes: F, cracks
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Byzantine Empire, Justin IBronze follis, AE32, 16.61 grams, 180 degrees
518 - 527 AD
O: D N IVSTINVS P P AVG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
R: large M (40 nummi) between two stars, cross above, a (1st officina) below, NIKM (Nicomedia) in exergue
Ref: DOC I 28a, Wroth BMC 51, Ratto 416, Tolstoi 42, Hahn MIB I 35, Sommer 2.26, Berk 65, SBCV 83, Morrisson BnF I 2/Ni/AE/01 var. (2nd officina)
Notes: minted 518-522 AD, aVF, centered, olive patina, earthen deposits, light marks, small edge splits, Nicomedia (Izmit, Turkey) mint
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Byzantine Empire, Justin II15 November 565 - 5 October 578 A.D.
Bronze pentanummium, 13.9mm, 1.529g, 0 degrees
O: IVΣTINOY KAI COΦIAC (Justin and Sophia) monogram
R: Large E (5 nummi), smaller N (Nikomedia) right
Ref: DOC I 116, Sommer 5.30, Morrisson BnF 5/Ni/AE/41, Wroth BMC 425 (Justinian), Tolstoi 479 (same), Ratto 748 (same), SBCV 371, Sommer 5.30
Notes: aVF, well centered, spots of corrosion, earthen deposits, tiny edge cracks, Nicomedia (Izmit, Turkey) mint
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Byzantine Empire, Justinian I540/1 AD
AE27, Half Follis, 8.36 grams, 180 degrees
O: Helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield with horseman motif; cross to right
R: Large K, cross above, date across fields; Y/Z below
Ref: SB 208, MIB 212
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Byzantine Empire, Michael IV1034-1041 AD
Class C Follis, AE, 31mm, 10.9 grams, 180°
O: + EMMANOVHA, Facing bust of Jesus, holding nimbus cross and book of gospels.
R: IC-XC/NI-KA in two lines to left and right of jeweled cross with dot at each end.
Ref. SB 1825, Scarce overstruck
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