a hopefully relaxing task

I haven't done this in years, but I purchased a small lot of inexpensive, low-grade Byzantine coins. This was the nicest of the unsold lots, in my opinion, and the $2.75 per coin cost presented no risk.

It might be relaxing to attribute them. I've already attributed some by the picture alone. I wish to find the DOC sub-groups for the A2 folles, which I've largely done already.

There are no beauties in here, but they're BD-free. The coin under the Michael VII (the dark coin with a star) seems to be a Justin or Justinian I pre-reform follis.

I was in a hurry this morning and forgot to pick out the M year 2 follis (top right) and flip it over, to see what it is.

The Constans II coins will probably be the toughest to attribute. Most of these are darker in person.

 

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That's a nice lot.
I got a multiple lot of byzantine coins and I must say it hasn't be relaxing at all trying to attribute them

 

98% of these are a difficulty 1/10. The only ones which might be a challenge are the Constans II's, mainly because I've never been interested in C II and don't know all that much about his Constantinopolitan coinage and/or the Arab-Byzantine imitations.

 

It took me about a minute and a half to attribute all the large coins. There's a couple of Justin II's, a decrepit Maurice Antioch, Anastasius, a few A2's (the majority - and most are the large type), an S 1878, a class C anonymous, etc. Nothing world-beating, but a pretty 'good' lot for $2.75 each.

There's a couple of K ones which are more of a mystery. Both seem to be the same ruler, and I would lean toward Maurice.

The M coin Year 3 which I was wondering about was a Justin II. The early one is an Anastasius.