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[ATTACH] Their is no right or wrong Doug , just needed opinions, the top one is one of the nicest you will see for detail. The purpose of this is...
[ATTACH] 5 coins, classified as two different denominations , I have a question to help solve this mystery. Coin 1-5 Is Christ bearded in any of...
Its a real shame it does not have the rest of the legend showing. Dating the coin by looks, its John II , but what would have John needed help...
A Byzantine Puzzle. I got this last year and I did some information from a fellow collector on the inscription. "Mother of God, help John" (...
[ATTACH] Ram, sorry for the delay but I have been traveling, I came home to this beauty. Look to the left of the virgin, I have never seen that...
You will find early Alexius I tetartera overstruck over anonymous follis types, that is because of the shortage of copper and the need to get the...
The grade, I see it all the time in the Byzantine coinage, everyone wants the best. It comes under the philosophy you might see the coin again but...
Another one but a tetarteron[ATTACH] , super rare but I cant get more the image to show without harsher cleaning. Its a shame because as you see...
Yours has a lot more detail, really nice.
Okay bad guy coinage, the unofficial ruler of Cyprus but he produced many different types. Right now he has over a dozen plus types for a 7 year...
Much later 1143 AD. Seem much more abstract. [ATTACH] Full length figure of the Virgin, nimbate, orans, wearing tunic, and maphorion turned to...
Here is a gem from my collection , Class G, I wish I could get the green of Christ face. It is stable but it takes from the coin.[ATTACH] Here is...
Last year I bought an old collection at auction, I was interested the tetartera it contained, however it came with many trachea, this weekend I...
Don't feel bad, The one you passed on was holed and the obv not recognizable, i personally would not have paid much more than the asking price. I...
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I am out of practice with trachea but this appears to be Theodore Mancaphas. The deep cup was first clue and the legend matches. DOC IV has a...
Yes, the silver coating did exist and did wear off quickly. About 15 years ago a huge hoard of John II and Manuel entered the coin market, the...
[ATTACH] My Best, I have had it for years. Isaac II SBCV -2003 Virgin Nimbate, wearing tunic and Maphorion, seated upon a throne with back...
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