I thought I'd celebrate the upcoming festivities in the traditional way - with some seasonal coins. Or failing that, coins I'm able to tenuously...
I don't know what to say. At times like this, collecting little pieces of metal seems pointless. At the same time it brings us all together for...
Those coins don't look wretched to me. I'd have the Æthelwald Moll and Wiglaf tomorrow! This one isn't rare, but it's rarity comes from it being...
Quid = pound Quids in = will benefit financially Nicker = pound Shilling = an old coin worth 12 pence (1/20 pound) Crown = an old coin worth 1/4...
That is a great coin for that price. Mine wasn't such a bargain and is even more misshapen...(I will insist on these Britain-specific reverses...)...
I think you can blame the Anglo-Saxons. When the Romans left Britain in 410, the supply of coins was cut off. No-one really knows what the British...
Very interesting. I'm definitely looking out for those coins of 'British association', as otherwise I don't have much of an excuse to buy any of...
It's rather weakly struck, but I would agree Khusro II (by the crown) and guess it's from the Hamadan mint (written on the right on the reverse),...
I have a few of those imitative minims, and that is a nice one! For Britain’s first coins, the Cantii (from Kent) copied a Hemiobolion of Apollo...
Yes, it looks like a continental imitation from the mid-300s, when there a lot of Constantinian imitations in Britain too. I’m pretty sure...
That's a very useful guide. Although it certainly helps determine this is a post-reform radiate when you've posted the same coin (if a lot...
Great examples. This is my best 'Group 1': Commemorative Series, 335-339 [ATTACH] Mint in East Anglia. Bronze, 14mm, 1.2g. Urbs Roma. Ex 1989...
Last week, Spink held the second (and final) pair of auctions of The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coins. Dr Abramson is a well-known...
Historically, the ‘London Mint’ has not been a single entity. Instead, it covers everything from Londinium to Saxon, medieval and Tower mints....
Nice coin. Yes, I have a Severus II (305-6) that's 28mm, a Galerius as Augustus (305-7) that's 26mm, while this is 22mm. Maximinus II AE2,...
20mm is halfgroat size. I might be wrong (and it is very easy to be very wrong with these), but just by it being Canterbury makes it Henry VII....
I think Sardis was semi-autonomous at the time. I have this from Vespasian's time, featuring the Anatolian god Mên, struck over an imperial issue:...
Great book. I will have to get one. I also have a Victorinus from the Normanby Hoard: Victorinus Antoninianus, 268-270 [ATTACH] Cologne. Bronze,...
Very nice set. Yes I've found sometimes one coin or other that isn't especially rare proves very difficult to get in great condition like yours....
Nice medal. I would keep it more than 1 year too! I don't speak German, but I don't think your transcription is helping your translation, and nor...
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