I will start soaking them, I have a bucket of Roman mostly culls that they will replace. Lets giving them a few months.
Group two , again numbered. The rest really need some cleaning before viewing. [ATTACH]
Must have been a wonderful trip, great photos. That last one is fantastic.
Not my Best Photography but I think the coin you are interested is in this group , Lets call it group 1 , each coin numbered[ATTACH]
I will post later today. I put them back in the bag so i have to find that one again Mrs needs new computer, headed to the city.
I was going through my uncleaned stacks (projects never started) and I found this group I must have purchased some time ago. Looks like my break...
[ATTACH] I finally finished my John II coin collection, this one was not the last but a favorite. SBCV-1940 30.57mm 4.3gm , Ancient graffiti on...
Very nice condition for that issue, even though it was minted in very large quantities it is difficult to find that nice. Most cut off the cross...
Here is Brutus pg 41 from 1964 edition, Saturninus is listed as extremely rare, no price. [ATTACH]
Tell us more, what is it? Looks interesting.
[ATTACH] An attractive class B.
Some good ones listed already. I am a Forum fan too. Here is a couple more. https://bnumis.com In French but very fair and trust worthy....
The same reason they imitated the currency of the east, it was familiar to the population. The eastern roman empire had made Greek the official...
It is uncertain, the Latins ruled Constantinople from 1203 ( 1204) to 1261. After Alexius III escaped the city he took all the money he could , he...
That makes this coin a little more interesting, it was issued in Constantinople under Latin rule. However he does not have a halo ( Nimbate.),...
Yes Same people, supposedly he did not become Christian till his deathbed.
Both beautiful examples. Helena was canonized in 1164, Constantine I cant find the date, he might not have been canonized. If you have Helena...
I have seen about a dozen of these in the past Mike. Most of the examples I saw were coming from a dealer in the Netherlands, in fact I think...
Latin 1/2 Tetarteron Around 1220AD SBCV-2059 OBV St Helena REV St Constantine 20mm 2.8gm Nice coin to start for 2020, came by fedex today....
I think a bit of chaos was at play, I do not think the mints were prepared for the coin reform for the lower denominations. It was also a time...
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