Thank You for the knowledge , nice write up.
CLBC 11.35.2 SBCV - DOC IV - Latin OBV Virgin? REV Nimbate Saint That is my best guess, the obv. has no sign of the virgin but the dots above....
https://www.doaks.org/research/publications/books/catalogue-of-the-byzantine-coins-in-the-dumbarton-oaks-collection-and-in-the-whittemore-collectio...
You never put up easy ones Seth, this is post 1203 and I will have to check my books to find a match.
I got this ugly duckling for $15.00, it is an Andronicus coin, in the tetarteron family. What makes it interesting is its die size. 15mm. The...
That is St. George. Common for that time period.
For the weights the best place to start is an inexspensive book, "Byzantine weights An Introduction" by Simon Bendall. I am looking through it ,...
I have several books that deal with the history of the empire but the late Byzantine empire before its first fall ( To the Latins) is difficult to...
Very nice write up, I just stumbled on this old thread while researching Alexius III. Your coin is cool but it is Alexius I SBCV-1918 , very...
Elenis paper is very long, I have printed it out to read because it is hard to follow all the examples and because it is a study it is very dry...
I am fairly new to gold but everything current that i read said you cannot tell visible but i know the size is off for John II so i would have...
I like Sixbid as well, however I prefer to bid directly with the auction house. I recently had an auction house accept my bid through 6 bid but...
Two more, Type E [ATTACH] A personal favorite type A [ATTACH] I am missing Type B :(
Anonymous coinage is not just the mystery of who issued it but why as well. This tetarteron was made while the Empire was in excile. It is...
I will attend one of the week days on the shows opening. Too many people for me on weekends.
I have been reexamining some coins in my collection, your post gave me an excuse to share. Both of these coins are of the same issue but very...
Love it, I did get a laugh at your ending defining Ebay terms of rarity.
This has been an excellent thread with many great collectors participating, I have learned a lot from my fellow collectors posts. Thank you for...
It is ironic , a handful of factors should determine price, scarcity is one factor but that requires desirability as well. We also have to add...
Photo Bender on Android, seems more limited but still fun.
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