I'm not into moderns, but the Guernsey is my favorite of the lot; pretty cool!
That's partly why I collect ancients. I'm interested in the history. Take Heraclius and his nemesis, King Khrusru, for example. Both the...
Very kind of you. Your examples aren't exactly shabby, and your Justinians are better than any of mine. I bought it from a vcoins dealer, later...
By the way, www.wildwinds.com is a halfway decent place for ID'ing stuff. The pictures are generally rather small.
I'm voting for the Alexandrian Vitellius, quite a hard one to find.
The .pdf is $30-something,by the way, and is really cool to have for quick reference. Annoyingly, Sear Roman Coins and their Values IV (and...
[ATTACH] Here's a decent-condition early Heraclius. The provincial mints had an evencruder /wavier cuirass. However, I think I see more than one...
How cool! A nice Sear 882 was always on my bucket list. Here's mine. [ATTACH]
The previous post refers to the 'Maurice Tiberius', which could be Justinian (but I don't see a cross in the obv. field) or an early Heraclius....
I just don't know, it's just in such rough shape. The crude cuirass would suggest an early Heraclius. The rough surface just makes one unsure of...
I take that back; I think it may be Constantinople. I guessed Nikomedia because of the bucket-head, but Maurice's Constantinople portraits were...
Byzantine Coins And Their Values by David R Sear 2nd Edition The .pdf versions (from Spink) aren't too expensive. The magic man one is tougher....
Justinian I, Antioch mint, AE 40 nummia, Sear Byzantine 220, Year 21/officina 2.
Thanks!
For a good chunk of the 250's, it also would have far behind enemy lines, with Persia briefly occupying much of Syria.
Aha, so I was right! The bug eyes gave it away. Besides the initial Persian campaign, I always thought a Samosata attribution was strange; why...
I'm a bit rusty, but I think it is.
[MEDIA] Aaron Berk, a well-known ancients dealer, discussed the raw/slab markets, and the differences between the ancient market and the U.S....
That's a pleasant present! Is it from the Antioch/Samosata mint? I have pretty few Valerians; most of mine are Sestertii. I think the previous...
Secret Saturnalia was a success. It also has the advantage of starting on the 17th. I'm hoping everyone here has a great Secret Santa.
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