BYZANTINE, Justin I & Justinian, 527 AD, bronze pentanummion, SB-133, busts of emperors facing / Tyche seated L, mirror image "E," Antioch, VG/F $65.00
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BYZANTINE, Justinian I, 527-65 AD, bronze follis, SB-207, bust facing / M, KYZ, year XXIIII, A, couple of minor pits, otherwise nice aXF $63.00 sold
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    Codified Roman law, built the Hagia Sophia, reconquered most of the old Roman empire.  Married Theodora, a notorious sex worker who became a notorious religious fanatic.  The "M" is Greek for 40 (nummiae), the value of the coin.
 
 
 
 
 
 

BYZANTINE, Justinian I, 527-65 AD, bronze pentanummium, SB-172, bust R / E & cross, Constantinople, VF $43.00 sold 4/3/2008
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BYZANTINE, Justinian I, 527-65 AD, bronze decanummium, SB-271, Victory seated L, *X* (Carthage), crude VG $21.00
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BYZANTINE, Justin II, 565-78, bronze follis, SB-360, year 6, CON/E, Constantinople mint, aXF $55.00
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BYZANTINE, Justin II, 565-78 AD, bronze follis, SB-369, NIKO-A, year 10, F $33.00
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BYZANTINE, Justin II, 565-578, bronze follis, SB-379, ANNO UIII, THEUP/G, Antioch year 8, VF $35.00
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BYZANTINE, Maurice, 582-602, bronze follis, SB-533, M, cross above, THEUP, year XI, officina G, VG-F $18.00 sold 1/15/2008
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BYZANTINE, Maurice, 582-602, bronze follis, SB-512, ANNO XIII NIKO/A, Nicomedia mint, year 13, VF/XF $55.00
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BYZANTINE, Phocas, 602-610 AD, bronze follis, SB-671, ThEUP/III, year 3, weak date, F $21.50
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BYZANTINE, Heraclius, 610-41 AD, bronze 12 nummi SB-853, 2 busts facing / cross potent between I B, ALEX, aVF $35.00
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BYZANTINE, Heraclius, 610-41 AD, bronze 6 nummi SB-862, cross potent / S, Alexandria, VG/F $21.00 sold 1/12/2008
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BYZANTINE, Constans II, 641-668 AD, bronze follis, SB-1110, Constans & Constantine IV standing facing / M between Heraclius & Tiberius stg, Syracuse, VF $29.00 sold
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BYZANTINE, Constans II, 641-668 AD, bronze follis, SB-1104, beardless bust facing / M, TKO monogram above, Syracuse, overstruck with traces of undercoin, VF $39.00
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BYZANTINE, Constans II, 641-668 AD, bronze follis, SB-1109, 2 emperors standing / M, Syracuse, F $40.00
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BYZANTINE, Constantine V, 741-75, bronze follis, SB-1568, Constantine standing facing / Leo IV standing facing, Syracuse, aXF $45.00 sold
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BYZANTINE, Constantine V, 741-75, bronze follis, SB-1569, bust facing / 2 busts facing, Syracuse, aXF $45.00 sold 1/15/2008
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BYZANTINE, Leo V, 813-820 AD, bronze follis, SB-1635, busts of Leo & Constantine facing / LK, Syracuse, part weak, aXF $36.00
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BYZANTINE, Michael II, 820-829, bronze follis, SB-1652, busts of Michael & Theophilus facing / M, Q below, Syracuse, XF $63.00 sold 10/11/2012
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As I write this in 2006 this Sicilian hoard has been out for about a year or so.  There are several hundred pieces, not several thousand.  Technically these coins are still scarce.
 
 
 

BYZANTINE, attributed to Michael IV, 1034-41, bronze anonymous follis, SB-1825, bust of Christ facing / IC-XC-NI-KA around cross, overstruck, VF $33.00 sold 5/5/2009
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BYZANTINE, Constantine X, 1059-67, follis, SB-1853, Christ standing facing / Constantine & Eudoxia standing, bit of crust, F $24.50
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BYZANTINE, Michael VII, 1071-78, bronze follis, SB-1878, bust of Christ facing / bust emperor facing, o/s on SB-1866 of Romanus IV, aVF $30.00 sold
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BYZANTINE, John II, 1118-43, base gold hyperpyron, SB-1942, Christ enthroned facing / Emp. & St. George standing facing holding patriarchal cross, VF-XF $375.00 sold 11/13/2008
People frequently call the alloy "electrum" but I think that's an error, electrum being a naturally occurring alloy while the mix of this coin was carefully calibrated.  The clear design on both sides is unusual for the cup-shaped (scyphate) series.
 
 
 
 
 
 

BYZANTINE, John II, 1118-1143, billon aspron trachy, bust Christ facing / bust emperor facing, SB-1944, crude and badly struck "F"/ nice XF $35.00
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BYZANTINE, Manuel I, 1143-80, billon aspron trachy, SB-1966, Christ standing facing / emperor & Virgin standing, VF $36.00 sold
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BYZANTINE, Manuel I, 1143-80, bronze tetarteron, SB-1976, starred cross on steps / 3/4 figure of emperor facing, aF $27.00
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BYZANTINE, Andronicus II, 1282-95, bronze tetarteron, SB-2358, Virgin orans / emperor standing, Constantinople, VF+/VF $63.00 sold
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BYZANTINE, exile in THESSALONIKA, Andronicus II & Michael IX, 1295-1320, gold hyperpyron, SB-2396,  bust of Virgin in city walls / Christ crowning kneeling emperors, Constantinople, slightly base, F/VF $165.00 sold
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