Iceni, circa 65 BC. Norfolk wolf gold stater. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
Aesthetics + Historicity > a constant. Beautiful and historical are best, but I’ll be attracted to a coin which is historic but not beautiful,...
@Al Kowsky , I saw that post and appreciated it. The false Constantius II and Romanus III solidi have been known and published for decades....
I think we agree more than we disagree. I would only say that governments have not been consistent good custodians of the treasures of the past,...
The other fakes show the doubling also. I was not trying to argue that the coin is genuine. Rather, little striking imperfections like that are...
With the slight doubling of the inscription in the exergue I would have thought this genuine. Assuming the original condemnation is correct, this...
@GinoLR , I also lament the loss of provenance and historical information which occurs with the undocumented dispersal of hoards. The UK laws are...
Without judging the probity of the family Green in their collecting, it is fair to say that many foreign governments are rapacious as regards...
Almost two millennia ago, someone in the Barbaricum decided this aureus would best serve as a pendant, perhaps influenced by the Imperial custom...
A scholarly paper on the coins found in the grave of King Childerich which amounted to 100 solidi....
The solidus on the left shows the Virgin not nimbate and is the rarer variety. Sear 1820, Berk 294. 4.39 grams. Purchased from Harlan Berk...
@Tejas, always a pleasure to have the benefit of your thoughts. Your Merovingian solidus does share many features with my “VICTOBI” solidus. The...
This is the earliest portrayal of Christ of which I am aware. 280-90 AD. https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1965.241
Two solidi of Justinian II with the portrait of Christ with a short beard (looking exactly like the Emperor’s beard) and curls, from Justinian’s...
Here’s MEC 1 #344[ATTACH]
@+VGO.DVCKS here are my notes on this coin, if this helps. #84 is a Merovingian Solidus modeled on Anastasius (491-518AD.). Mint: possibly...
My only Merovingian coin. On to Victobi !!! [ATTACH][ATTACH]
The ball cap was a gift from the COB when I was serving at NAVHOSP Groton. I was on USS TRIPOLI and USS NEW ORLEANS during the first Gulf War....
Reverse is a Tamgha. https://coins.ha.com/itm/russia/russia-great-principality-of-kiev-vladimir-i-the-great-980-1015-srebrennik-/a/3046-30635.s
I would wager the first part of the inscription is Vladimir.
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