Unfortunately I have none of the Numismatic Circular editions, but Bendall's coin is here.
Wow, a silvered LIBERTAS PVBLICA. Here is a sandy one: [ATTACH]
When dealing with uncharted territory as it's sometimes the case with Palaiologan coinage, which is also sometimes shabby in style and texture,...
Well, Constantinopolitan tornesi ARE high value items, especially inedit pieces. I'm not saying your coin is fake though. All I'm saying is that...
I for one don't know anything other that many of them were offered by German auction houses starting with 2015-2016. The ones I have seen fall...
This is Constantius II more likely.
I've never seen this tornese and any connections to the trachea showed in OP from DOC should take into account that DOC 722-728 are products of...
Listen. I gave you all the benefit of the doubt there is and answered your questions in good faith with the specifics you asked despite the...
So what are you even doing adding condescending (and barely coherent) remarks on topics you clearly know a lot less than you think you know and...
@+VGO.DVCKS: TL;DR aside - have you managed to go through the references on where the present knowledge is on dating the early tournois of Achaea...
Tzamalis mentions the old theory of 1249 and discards it, putting forth the proposition of a starting in production a bit earlier than the...
The minting of tournois in Achaea in 1249 theory is discarded by now, there are no such specs in any context prior to the 1270s and a starting...
An unsettled mystery from the Principality of Achaea: [ATTACH] GEOFFROI II (cca. 1228-1246) or GUILLAUME II de VILLEHARDOUIN (1246-1278)(?)...
The end of Norman Sicily and the beginning of direct Imperial rule under the Staufen: Tancred d'Altavilla (Hauteville) King of Sicily (1189-1194)...
Bottom one is the RVPIIVS variation Roupen Hoard 366 p. 269
Roupen's coinage gives a glimpse into how busy the minting at Antioch was, since his varieties were all the result of ca. 3 years of minting. A...
I'd be afraid to even touch some of the glassware Donna has posted, what an extraordinary collection.
Here are the later types on polygonal flans, typical for the 1240s, which I'd say are of better style and workmanship than what is assigned to the...
I would normally agree with you regarding the devolution of style and possibly fabric in time, but at least in this case I have not seen any...
This is in horrible shape but it presents Constantine II as consul only, without any imperial title, a rare occurrence in the coinage of the Late...
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