When they put forth their best efforts the Byzantine celators could rise to the heights. The facing portrait of young Tiberius to the left of his...
A spelling tip. A single coin is a “solidus”. Multiple coins, that is, the plural of solidus, is “solidi”. Spellcheck programs do not know...
Thank you. It helps that I bought my first coin over 50 years ago. They add up over time.
Visigothic, (?)Burgundian, and Merovingian solidi.[ATTACH] Solidi of Anastasius [ATTACH] Lombardic solidi[ATTACH] Anepigraphic solidus[ATTACH]...
In the half century since the world abandoned the gold standard, gold’s price in dollars has increased roughly by a factor of 50. Dollar...
[ATTACH] Theodosius II. 402-450AD. Issued for his tricennalia. The left foot of Constantinopolis is resting in a bird-headed ship’s prow. The...
My Anthemius, which I believe is an official product of the Rome mint. The “elf eyes” portrait is distinctive, but all the devices are correct,...
It is a reasonable question. Is there any historical reference to barbarian payments in tremisses? And wouldn’t bribes to the barbarians in the...
It did work, and thank you.
Two hundred years after Leo I, during the perilous time of Constantine IV, there was a clear decline in literacy and orthography at the...
here is an article in Italian which covers the Senatorial grossi and their iconography. Apparently Grierson wrote about them many years ago but I...
In a recent post on Crusader coins, which was just augmented by the excellent post by @+VGO.DVCKS, I posted 5 gros tournois of St Louis, Tripoli,...
I have traded and sold coins from my collection, but rarely. I regret two of those trades in particular, although I received a coin in return I...
Posthumous Constantius from London. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
There are many medieval coins either issued by the Crusaders or tied more or less directly to them. And the coins of their opponents, and the...
@Gam3rBlake everything you say is true. Silver and gold have both appreciated significantly in my lifetime, and over a long time line have proven...
Interesting. The “M”s in the reverse inscription are just two upright posts, just like the first coin in this thread.
Just say, “Whence do the dealers and auction sites get their coins?” Whence is still a useful word.
Difficult for me to believe that is the product of an official mint, even an emergency one. The celator not only was illiterate but also had no...
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