The irony of this is that Isaac II was probably worse than Andronikos.
A groat of Edward I (1272-1307) [ATTACH] Edward I, “Longshanks”, the “hammer of the Scots”, is one of the most famous (infamous) British kings....
While this may be technically true, it wouldn’t be very sensible. You won’t stay a billionaire very long doing stuff like that. Dell Loy Hansen...
I will be there Friday and Saturday, nerding out on medieval coins.
Once you get the hang of it, identifying stycas is not too bad. It gets a little trickier when the legend is retrograde or the letters are...
Thanks all. It appears Offa is a favorite. There is a reasonably large crack extending from the edge, that is grade and value limiting, but...
I took this picture a few months ago while sitting in traffic in Queens, New York City [ATTACH] It is the New Yorkest of New York things.
Similarly I would like to get into Greek coins, but it's just not in the cards unless I divert funds from medieval coins.
I will buy coins almost anywhere. I have purchased from auctions, dealers, and directly from metal detectorists. Saxon coins do get expensive....
Tough to stop at 10 since I added over 30 coins to my collection this year. But these were among my favorites- [ATTACH] Anglo-Saxon secondary...
I was just in England too, and unfortunately missed it as well. Well it's an excuse to go back!
Attribution of sceats is a tricky thing. You can kind-of know where they came from and kind-of know who was king then, but you can't really...
Series C, probably from ca. 700-720, likely East Anglia (?Ipswich)
The series K is indeed from Kent. Many of the early Anglo-Saxon coins were minted in Kent and probably Canterbury; coinage outside of eastern...
I should add, these coins are small, typically 11-12mm in diameter, and blowing up photographs frequently does not due them a great service from...
Thanks Aethelred. Here are a few new ones I've picked up since the topic has been resurrected: [ATTACH] Secondary phase, series K O: Bust right...
Thanks Aethelred. Hope you find some you enjoy. Definitely share them! Let me know if you have questions regarding ID or anything else, they...
I also think Spracling on Winchester EMC 1018.1370 appears to be a die match and is interpreted as such.
As fakes get better, provenance becomes more important. For British middle Anglo-Saxon coins, the excellent work by Rory Naismith catalogs just...
I love early English coins of the Anglo-Saxon period, though admittedly they are of very poor artistic quality. The poor quality really lasted...
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