Alexius I Comnenus 1081-1118 [ATTACH] His son John II Comnenus 1118-1143 [ATTACH] Hi Son Manuel I Comnenus 1143-1180 [ATTACH] Alexius II-- No...
1 to go before I am at bat but I do have a Romanus IV that I really like, not anonymous because of the reverse. [ATTACH]
SBCV-1710 Basil I from 868-869 AD 6.8gm 25.42mm [ATTACH]
Another Leo V and Constantine 813-820 AD, AE Follis, SBCV - 1635 OBV Facing Busts of Leo on l. and Constantine REV Λ K ( Initials of Leon and...
we are at a standstill. I am good when we get to 12th century but we a few hundred years to go.
I am across the board with Classic Rock, New Wave and Jazz. This is one of my favorite Ancient Coin Collecting Albums, Alan Parson Project Pyramid...
Imitations In the 12th century we know the tetarteron was the most used and most important coinage of the Greek part of the empire. When the...
The empire falls in the 4th crusade, the crusaders never got to Jerusalem they stopped at Constantinople for supplies and overthrew the city when...
Isaac II He created one issue from Constantinople, the silver content on this coin dropped to around 1% , the same amount that the Usurper Isaac...
Here is a brief overview on the coins Isaac Comnenus Usurper of Cyprus, I have not gone in to detail on any of the biography of the rulers, in...
Alexius II, no coins known, every time an issue has been suspected it has been eliminated for practical reasons. If any coin was found for the boy...
John II Comnenus- Son of Alexius, born into the purple. One of the most interesting of rulers and is considered to be one of the best Emperors the...
Knowledge is like money: to be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value. Louis...
[ATTACH] Near the end.
One missing. De Munzen Des Byzantinischen Reiches 491- 1453 by Andreas Urs Sommer -Interesting catalog but written in German and not all issues...
Great write up Al, Ironically it was a Plague that brought the conquests to a halt. Constantinople was losing thousands a people a day in 540. It...
Nice find, this Alexius rarely comes to market and it is a Constantinople issue making it rare to begin with. In fact the Constantinople issue...
Hi Al, I believe I bought this book on your recommendation. I don't remember being shocked by anything but I remember reading the conclusion...
I will pm you. This one is easy if you have the date wrong.
Fantastic collection.....
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