[ATTACH] One of my favorites, It is a SBCV -1920 , the reverse is shot , this obverse got the detail. It is 17mm. Interesting note, the image of...
I could not agree with you more KP but as a collector it took me a long time to realize this, markets are motivated by buyers not necessarily...
My newest addition to my collection , I won it in a European auction last month and arrived today. An Anonymous tetarteron from the 13th...
Obsession, Yes.! Every time I complete the goal of the collection I raise the bar. I started collecting Empresses on Roman Imperial coins, then...
I agree with this completely, coins seem to enter the market in groups, if you are patient it will eventually come to market. I find it very hard...
It is John II, Half tetarteron. The shield shape is triangle , that is unique to that issue. 1955A JOHN II AE HALF TETARTERON S-1955 DOC 17 CLBC...
Thank you Valentinian, I appreciate you sharing. I found Metcalf's finding especially interesting after reading his insights in the 1979 version...
Not engravings but I have admired these on David Sears web site. These sculptures look fantastic. http://www.davidrsear.com/feature.html
True but the last two catalogs that had easy access for collectors did include them. David Sears Byzantine Coins and their values and Sommers...
A follow up to this conversation , I had spent the last few weeks revisiting many of the books I have on Eastern Roman coinage, I had a few...
Found one reference. Got to page 184. I think the note that he had minted coins kind of sways the coin to Mankaphas , however it is based off one...
That is an interesting article, you put up a nice argument but I thought documents translated stated that Mankaphas had issued coins, I don't...
Your right Ken but it is not the translations that are the problem, it the fragmented information. My post above was based on Michael Hendy's...
During the reign of Manuel ( 1143-1180 AD) a letter was written from a student to a teacher mentioning the buying power of a regional tetarteron...
i have the t shirt for this one.
I work with art and we have a saying that would easily apply to Ancient coins as well. " When you buy a master work of art you are not really its...
One other example. This is not a tetarteron but it is 5gm and tetarteron size. It was sold to me by a dealer in Iceland who had several. It is a...
I really think it is a clipped 12th century coin but not normally clipped. Just the head and it captured part of the reverse. The more I looked at...
I use to collect Roman coin before Eastern Roman coins, I still have these two coins that perplexed me because they are AE denarius not silver. I...
In another topic on the board a discussion occurred between the condition of Eastern Roman Gold versus Copper and silver. In my studies today, I...
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