picked up several coins on a recent binge...here are the budget coins. always wanted one of these, just picked this one up because i already had the shipping payed for with another coin i purchased...10 buck, so what the heck. judea, prutah herod agrippa i 37-44 ad 17mm 2.9 g 3 byzantines... leo v 813-820 ad o:leo r:constantine v (with cross on crown..got pictures mixed up) sear 1636 15x17mm 1.7g 2 phocas coins with the roman numerals instead of greek...i was wanted some of these, overstriking/double striking on the one..the "ANNO" is sidways? left: follis 606-607 (year 5) constantinople mint sear 640 30mm 11.5g right: half follis 602-604 (year 1 or 2...not sure) nicromedia sear 663 20mm 6.5g
Nice coins, especially the Byzantines. I've been getting really attracted to them as of recently, but to the earlier issues (490s to 700 AD).
Chris i love these coin's, the fact that there not perfectly round, with a bit of a rub, very cool my young friend...
Nice lookin' guitar picks!! good one, eh? ... just jokes => very cool coins, my zany friend!! Coincidentally, I picked-up a Judea Prutah last month (it was smokin' hot outside, so I was a sucka for the cool umbrella and the barley-n-hops!! !!)
As a coincidence, I just posted the other barley type in my Pontius Pilate thread where I mentioned the existence of this one. Be sure to post your opinions either here or there on the reasoning behind the difference in the barley representations.
