Why did they use casts instead of the actual coin? I have seen this before and i have always been curious about that?
I shared this story a few years back, its a bit long but it was a fun hunt. Several members on the board were of great help. Here is the link to...
No, it is an Anonymous Follis , Class I SBCV-1878 OBV is Christ. REV is upside down in your photo.
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I have been working more and more since the end of the pandemic, less time to look for new coins and less time to spend on the hobby in general....
I decided to repost this from an article I wrote on another board. It is easy to dismiss the Eastern Roman Empire when it became Christian, but it...
Every religion has their own rules, in the Muslim faith they don't allow engraven images, this is true for several orthodox Abrahamic religion's....
I have been there several times in the last decade, it was for work, it is an amazing city, it still has the original city walls standing but with...
Sad news. https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/hagia-sophia-marble-floors-suffer-tremendous-damage-1234633143/ I was just in Istanbul last week...
Would love to but work travel starts the day before. I see on the web site no more booth space available. Lots to see. As for non Floridians,...
I go with the books that taught me the most when I first started collecting seriously, ancient is is pre 1500 per Wayne Sayles series. The fall...
Another one to check off the list. I have been traveling and I was very happy to have this one waiting for me when I got home. As this thread...
I went to sixbid.com archive to look up your question, it would seem most are under 4.5 gm . I do not look on all listings but I saw none over 4.5gm
Nice coin @JayAg47 I am Traveling a lot these days for work. Will be in Istanbul in next few days, I am excited. I do not have a solidus but I...
[ATTACH] He looks like a bad ass in this one.
Congratulations, busy times ahead. Enjoy college.
I have never seen this weight attributed so precisely. I have seen many might be. At first these examples were being used as post reform...
I lost several coins I needed at the latest Morton and Eden auction, I was more than disappointed, I was in the middle of the Pacific when the...
This one took a while even with all of the detail. Good example regardless. I believe it to be a variation of SBCV- 2057, Latin Imitation but...
No, that obverses is clearly issued by Manuel Comnenus ( Christ unbearded SBCV-1953 or SBCV-1971 depending on reverse.) ruled 1143-1180. The...
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