I would say the top coin is a Bulgarian, the second coin is regular issue. I am basing that on the collar,
That is a very beautiful example @Valentinian
The coin is based of of Isaac II SBCV-2003, however it is missing a lot of visual info ( Isaac Inscription) to determine if it is a later...
Ram your collection is amazing, most of your pieces are examples that are in the best condition I have seen. My hats off to you Sir.
I have one of his coins at hand, a tetarteron of course. [ATTACH] John Comnenus -Ducas (1237-1244) Half tetarteron OBV IC XC in field Cross...
@Only a Poor Old Man that is an excellent addition to any collection. Nice wood cuts illustrating it. Congratulations.
It was NN, but biddr sent the email. I can only assume the issue that happened years ago was to protect a seller, since then all orders went...
Careful what you say, Numismatik Naumann just revoked my bidding privilege's . I just got an email this morning.
The original company was Gitbud and Neuman, a partnership of some sort.
You never know with Nauman, I won a coin in 2017 , I did not get an invoice so I contacted them, they told me they out bid me? Well my max on...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] John VIII SBCV-2564 7.14gm Not easy to photograph. Picked it up at a Fun show a few years back.
One of my favorite Islamic coins, it seems hard to find but clearly based off Roman coinage, My largest Victory at 32mm [ATTACH] Anatolia &...
Many years ago I found one in a group lot, it left me very baffled, took me some time to figure out what it was ( Pre Chat groups) when I did I...
I got this one in a group lot. It only weighs 1.6gm and is 20mm, I believe it is a John I but I have not matched it yet. [ATTACH]
Here is a new one, lesser seen. Alexius I SBCV-1936 type B ( Noted in CLBC with cross in Labarum.) 29mm 4.05gm These are always silver and from...
It is interesting that as our knowledge increases we add more names for the coins, the academic books are quick to change and add , the coin...
I favor the worn issue, the scrape would bug me. The reverse on the top one is beautiful though.
Okay , at the current number of 17, it is clearly a shutout. A wins. B is still a nice coin but the nice deatail of St George is not enough to...
I think the late time period has a lot less uniformity in the names of denominations. Different Authors , different names for a multitude of...
I just acquired another John III tetarteron from a recent auction. I bought it to replace my current example because I normally just have one coin...
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