Bronze byzantines:

It has been a while last time I purchased in a large scale. Here the bronzes.


Justinian profile, sear 158:




Justinian profile, half follis and minted in Theoupolis. Sear 226:








Justinian bust, the special is that it is minted in regnal year 32. Sear 163:





Tiberius II Constantine, minted in Nicomedia (NIKO) and officina letter ”B”. Three X’s are special, indicating 30 nummi. It is unusual. Sear 442:





Maurice Tiberius, nothing special here, it was just cheap and thus I bid since I was forced to pay for a postage anyway. Sear 532:





Phocas and Leonora, Sear 671:

 

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Very nice folles @Herberto !

 

Lovely examples of coins that usually don't have such eye-appeal! Looks like you had fun at the Savoca auction!

 

Here's my powdery Maurice from an uncleaned hoard...

 

Can't clean this one at all, the surface is at risk of just falling off...

 

Not really. Actually I hate bidding, and the whole process of paying, waiting for the post. Very tedious. Not funny at all. It is much funnier when having it at hand so one can finally get peace in mind.

 

Excellent coins, Herberto! Here are a few of my Byzantine folles:

 

Justin II - Monogram.

 

Your new Antioch half follis has a great profile portrait of Justinian. I like it very much!!

Savoca had quite a run of Antioch Maurice in their last auction, I picked one up too. I have always liked the portrait style from this mint:

 

I have very few AEs from the Byzantines:


BZ Justinian I 527-565 CE AE Folles 30mm 17g 40 Nummi M monogram


BZ Anastasius I 491-518 AE Post Reform Folles M monogram


BZ Justin I 518-527 CE Copper Folles Antioch 20 nummia K monogram

 

WowiE @Herberto ! Couldn't agree with @Severus Alexander any more. That Justinian portrait is a beaut. Great selection head to toe. Much better than mine...
And speaking of beauts both you and @Severus Alexander, have got to be kidding me with those Antioch Maurice??
Both have very different and beautiful patinas. Great! Now I need one.
Here are a few of mine;


JustinianI
527-565 CE Æ Follis (30mm,
16.77 g, 2h). Carthage mint,
3rd officina. Struck circa
533-538. Diademed, draped,
and cuirassed bust right,
with Christogram on breast /
Large M; [cross above, star
to left,] cross to right, Γ
below;


Heraclius, with Heraclius
Constantine. 610-641. Æ
Follis Nicomedia mint, 1st
officina. Dated RY 4 (613/4).
Heraclius and Heraclius
Constantine standing facing,
each holding globus
cruciger; [cross] above /
Large M; cross above,
A/N/N/O I/I across field;
A//NI

 

Here a different AE, a pentanummium from the Cherson mint.




Justinian I. A.D. 527-565. Pentanummium

O: DN IVSTINIANS PP AV, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; R: VIC-TOR, Emperor standing facing, head left. holding spear and globe. Cherson mint. SB 197, 18x15 mm, 3.0g