I won these two coins on Ebay yesterday. Both are very common, but they were cheap, just 55 euros for both coins together (+ 5.50 euros postage):...
Giorgi IV Lasha 1208-1223 AE irregular fals 15.89 gr. Obverse: Asomtavruli legend in the centre of a wreathed frame: ႢႨႻႤ/ႧႫႰႱႠ Giorgi, son of...
The coin below is (I hope) a coin of Mangu Qā’ān Khan(,Mongke Khan) Minted at Tiblisi in 1248-1259 [ATTACH]
Cool, I never noticed. I picked that one up on a large collectors' market in Tiblisi and never really researched it any further. Thanks a lot.
I have the coin below, but I never managed to identify it: Measurements: 2.45g, 22mm [ATTACH]
That is a great coin with the cross on the reverse!
Prices were really insane at that auction. I got two coins, both of them are very rare, but I paid a lot more than I expected/hoped: [ATTACH]...
Someone posted pictures of medieval Georgian coins, stating how unusual and sometimes how unobtainable and rare they are. I think this field of...
True, these coins are exceedingly rare and almost unobtainable in the west. Nevertheless, I managed to get two of them: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I don't know about "humble". This is a very attractive coin: great bust and scarcer reverse type for an over all not very common emperor.
I only have one solidus of Beneventum Duke Grimwald III of Benevent (788-806) [ATTACH]
Here is an anonymous type, which preceeded the coins of Aripert and Luitprand. The coin below may have been minted under King Cunincpert...
This is a Tremissis of King Luitprand (712 - 744) Obv.: DN LVI - TPRANRX (M before head) Rev.: SCSMI - HAHIL (S retrograd) The reverse of...
Great coins shown above! I only have a few Langobardic coins: Here is a tremissis of Aripert II, son of Raginpert of the house of the Bavarian...
I fully agree with that statement. The only strategy that works long-term is "buy what you like (and can afford)".
To answer the rhetorical question: yes, I would. No matter how rare the coin is I could not enjoy it in this condition. But that is just as well....
In this condition the coin is of very little to almost no commercial value. Hence, my guess is that it is genuine. However, the rough surfaces...
I would argue that the following three types of Dirhems can be assigned to the Khazars with some level of confidence: 1. Those with the Arabic...
This is probably my best Volusian Antoninian. The coin combines a particularly fine and expressive bust with very high grade and attractive...
Here is my Typ I Srebrenik. The coin is holed, like many of them are. Often these coins have been dedicated to Icons and attached to them by a...
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