Simply put, if you have any Byzantine (Eastern Roman) coins (491-1453 AD), post them here! ANASTASIUS I, AV Tremissis, (reigned 491-518 AD) Obv: DN ANASTA-SIVS PP AVG, pearl-diademed, draped bust right Rev: VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM, Victory advancing right with head left, holding wreath and cross on globe, CONOB in ex, Constantinople mint SB 8, 16 mm wide, 1.5 grams ANASTASIUS I, AE Follis Obv: DN ANASTA-SIVS PP AVG, pearl-diademed, draped bust right Rev: Large M, cross above, CON in ex, Constantinople mint SB 14, 27 mm wide Justin I, AE Follis (reigned 518-527 AD) Obv: DN IVSTI-NVS PP AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right Rev; Large M, cross above, star in left and right fields, CON in ex, Constantinople mint SB 62 Justin I, AE Follis Obv: DN IVSTI-NVS PP AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right Rev; Large M, cross above, star in left and right fields, CON in ex, Constantinople mint SB 62 Justin I, AE Pentanummium Obv: DN IVSTI-NVS PP AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right Rev: Large Chi-Rho, delta to left, epsilon to right, Constantinople mint SB 75 Justinian I, AE Follis (reigned 527-565 AD) Obv: DN IVSTINI-ANVS PP AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right Rev; Large M, cross above, star to left , cross to right, officina below, CON in ex, Constantinople mint SB 158 Justinian I, AE Half-Follis Obv: DN IVSTINI-ANVS PP AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right Rev: Large K, long cross to left, star above and below, officina letter (B) to right, Constantinople mint SB 164 Maurice Tiberius, AE Follis (reigned 582-602 AD) Obv: Garbled legend, crowned and mantled bust facing, crown with trefoil pattern, holding mappa and eagle-tipped scepter Rev: Large M (40 nummi), with ANNO left, cross above, and regnal year in right field, THEUP in ex, Theopolis (Antioch) SB 532 Manuel I Komnenos, Billon Trachy (reigned 1143-1180 AD) Obv: Christ bearded, nimbate, wearing tunic and colobium, and seated upon throne, IC-XC in fields Rev: MANUHL DECP, Manuel on left, holding labarum and cross on globe, being crowned by Mary on right, M in center SB 1966
oopps, coincidentally I just posted a couple of my Byzantines on your other thread (oh well, here we go again): Maurice Tiberius: Justinian I
These two cover the span pretty well until one of you gets a Constantine XI. The bronze is a pre-reform Anastasius nummus which could be the last Roman coin before he started the Byzantine series. The silver is John VIII, next to last Byzantine Emperor. I good collection would place a few thousand coins between these.
Not exactly Byzantine IMO... Arab-Byzantine (or would it be Sassanid-Byzantine?)... A very, very interesting piece... Very nice Nummus... And a nice (and late) Byzantine Two great and interesting coins :thumb: I just got my first Byzantine coin, a Scyphate... I wasn't expecting how cool those look in hand... They look like a little bowl..
Manuel - Alexius III I suggest anytime you have the opportunity to buy a cup shaped coin with clear faces on all figures, take it. There are so many more that have one side or the other poorly struck.
Anoob's Byzantine Coins Part 1 Aww come on guys, I been sick for months with Byzantine fever and ya'll are going to do this to me...
Anoob's Byzantine Coins Part 2 :hail: Part 1 was in chronological order, I am going to try and do the same here except Manny built a time machine...
here's my first byzantine... cool crazy overstrikes and nice beardy faces. since my last justinian big coin was posted in a recent thread, here is my next to most recent ...a nice trachy. i've also had byzantine fever all month! i'm currently workin on a couple more trachy coins...
More cool coins! Especially your Justinian follis Anoob; this type for Justinian I really want, at the least, in similar shape as yours.
I love your coins guy's, I think these are some of my fav..not able to post mine, I'm in los wages, Nev. it's only 114 in the shade.., jumped on my cousin's computer for a min. great coin's..:thumb:
How do some people have nice big pictures and I have tiny little dinky postage stamps, what's going on here?
Come on Bing, I have been posting on these forums long enough to realize that. How many times have I tried to drum up discussion, and get, ...nice coin...or something to that effect? How many times do I ask questions that go unanswered/ignored? How many times do people not take my advice? Sometimes I find it a bit disheartening.... Jeeze even my pictures come out small... I think gone are the days when I invest the time to make big posts, with specs and what not, I think I will be like the world guys and just say, "Rome, As." I know mom doesn't even like me...