This coin is more confusing that I thought. Evidently Seleucus I Nicator named five cities Laodicea after his mother. I'm guessing this is the one...
Hey, good link! Got that bookmarked.
lol
Heh - thanks. Junk bin coin, just a few bucks, but it scratched the itch.
You da man!
I can't make it out, but that's close enough! Thank you. Is it Athena on the reverse?
Turreted head of Tyche on obverse. I can make out LAODIKEWN on the reverse, but that's all I've got. Various searches have left me empty handed....
Which begs the question: is more civilization better than less? Some would argue the point, including myself. I never use the term "dark ages".
As far as selling goes, I can't seem to do it. I had no problem selling a few of my moderns to fund a couple of ancient purchases, but I couldn't...
Bill's a professional cataloger for CNG. Literally thousands of coins have passed through his hands. I'm surprised he even posts here, but it's a...
I know nothing, lol - just stabbing at the dark.
Do you mean to the right of the cross? The shape of that blob suggests a Christogram to me, or am I completely off the mark?
I don't think it's weak. In fact, it's rather strong compared to a lot of Byzantines I've seen. Here's Volume II if you want it......
Catalogue of the Imperial Byzantine Coins in the British Museum. The Heraclius plates start on page 477....
I was toggling back and forth between your pic and the plates in one of my British Museum Sylloges, and nothing on your coin seemed awry - it...
Ah. I see.
It only looks a little more worn than the pieces in the British Museum collection. I agree that it's got an abundance of detail for the grade,...
I stand corrected! Thanks for the clarification non cents. :)
There's no apology necessary. It appears that you have an example of machine doubling, which means the planchet failed to eject after the first...
The Diocletian really is something else. Gorgeous! I have yet to acquire a well-silvered follis, of any emperor. I have a few that have traces...
Separate names with a comma.
