If you like little coins you might do well to get this book. The author's last name of course means "little" in German. Small fractions are an...
I just finished the Hagiography of St. Eugenios, the patron of Trebizond. It is fascinating (at least to me). There is a fine book on the coins...
When the garment is brought in right below the breasts it is Nike. In Byzantine coins when it is brought in at the waist, Nike has conveniently...
Languages are in a constant stat of evolution. To say that one period is the pure form is at worst hubris and at least inaccurate. The form of...
Lucania, Velia, late fourth [ATTACH] century B.C. lion by Kleudoros (his monogram is visible about the city name).
Saturday was the Feast of St. John Chrysostom in Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican churches. He was bishop or archbishop of Constantinople (the...
The image of St. Dimitrios on the first coin is excellent as well as the inscription. The "I" and "M" are melded into a single letter, a...
Constantine and Helena were the first saints of the Christian church. Here is the reverse of a gold hyperpyron of Alexius III (1195-1203) showing...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here is the St. Nicholas coin. Here also is a map of the Byzantine empire under Michael VIII taken from Sear's book on...
In fact I just found one on Vcoins for Michael VIII and ordered it. Thanks again for the heads up.
I was unaware of those. Most of the true Byzantine coins with Nicholas are Michael VIII but none gold or electrum.
[ATTACH] Here is an Byzantine electrum coin with the emperor and St. George. The next electrum piece is the emperor and St. Demetrius (os). The...
In essence, yes. Good guess!
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The only other language on the coins of Samaria is an inscription "Zeus" on one coin in which a sort of Zeus is portrayed sitting. However, this...
One of my favorite coins is this very small silver coin with a picture of God on it. It was struck in Samaria which was the name for Israel at...
The manus dei or hand of God is an artistic convention first seen on some of the posthumous coins of Constantine the Great. Here a chariot with...
Wreath Crown, You may already know but the inscription is (from right to left as with all Semitic scripts) OZBAL MLK GBL {'Ozba'al, King (Malik)...
About two or three decades ago I read a short book about coins of the Bible (which I can't quite find now) that said that coin finds in Palestine...
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