There's no arguing with smooth surfaces, but these rugged coins, some with sandy deposits, have a certain irresistible appeal as well.
Great coins everyone! Thanks for posting.
lol :D
I don't know - I'm only beginning to research Byzantine. But that's the emperor on that coin, not Christ.
Leo VI was emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 886-912, and evidently quite the scholar. His works include large legal treatises, political...
Super Chris! Thank you. Here's the relevant passage from that link. It doesn't sound like English is that author's first language, but he does a...
No, that's the one. It was in one of my Special Offerings. Curiously, the CNG coin is a die match, and another member on this forum (I forget who)...
Sounds good. I know she's got a lot of time to kill these days.
I thought of that as well - either a hub or die, and the planchet was simply pushed onto it with some sort of flexible material. As you say, the...
I wouldn't bemoan that fact - more for you. Take a gander at my website to see where my most erudite interests lie...many of us have specialties...
This one's a real doozy. The reverse imitates a type of Licinius I, but the bust is all wrong. The engraver copied a coin with bust RIC VII G2 in...
I do have a couple imitative coins, nothing as interesting as the OP coin, but here's one, an FH of Constantius II. I don't really collect...
That's a wonderful oddity indeed, not only for the obverse/reverse mismatch, but it's also got a truly Celtic gestalt in the bust and horse.
Here are some relevant visual aids, the Cathedral of St. Gall, and the Plan of St. Gall, the only surviving major architectural drawing from the...
I have to wonder how these were made. I'm guessing a hub was carved, from which a die was cast, then the hub was used as a stationary die while...
Collectors. Careful ones.
The word bracteate (from the Latin bractea, meaning small piece of metal) is used to indicate two kinds of objects: gold medals worn as jewelry...
This is a charming coin. I must have missed it in a prior FH thread.
Hey brother Greg - don't be deflated. I have coins in my collection that are re-patinated, which I bought as such, because I wanted them. Like I...
Hey Chris, if it's any consolation, I gave those FH's you sold me to YN's. :)
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