Ok. I was a bit fooled. Usually the ones of Tiberius II and the early Maurices are of big, klunky style. This...
This was a part of a low-grade lot of Byzantines, mostly large coins. At under $3 a coin, it was a pretty good deal. Here's one of the more...
Acquiring a gold coin is always a milestone. 'Coingrats'! It is certainly better than any of my few examples.
Here's some random examples of my uncleaned Khrusru drachms: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
For those who don't know, Khrusru II took advantage of Phocas usurping the ROman/Byzantine throne, and he advanced the Persian borders to almost...
I somehow missed this thread. Welcome to the wonderful world of Sasanian numismatics. NGC certainly did not do a good job of centering the coin...
All three of Victor's coins are delightful. I love coins of Vaballathus, especially the Alexandrian issues. I forget the episode now, but one of...
I haven't sold a coin since the 90's, so if it's a sale from me, it's FAKE. The Romans had a much better justice system than we do. They had...
It certainly is a splendid example of the larger series.
Cool! I woke up and decided that just narrowing down the suggestion to a Philip Antoninianus would be the best course. The dealer has 100+ of those.
It took me about a minute and a half to attribute all the large coins. There's a couple of Justin II's, a decrepit Maurice Antioch, Anastasius, a...
What do you think of my idea? It preserves some interest of receiving a mystery coin, but takes most of the downsides out of it. A work friend...
98% of these are a difficulty 1/10. The only ones which might be a challenge are the Constans II's, mainly because I've never been interested in...
I haven't done this in years, but I purchased a small lot of inexpensive, low-grade Byzantine coins. This was the nicest of the unsold lots, in...
Pretty neat! That's quite an array.
I've always kind of wanted one of those, but the price has always been too high. That's a very nice example you have! It's a great acquisition.
I might also suggest checking out the youtube channel, Classical Numismatics. He has some really informative stuff, as well as videos for beginners.
I really like collecting both series. Seleucia and Isaura are slightly scarce mints (although I'm sure officinae gamma through epsilon are...
That's a nice tetradrachm!
Very nice finds, especially the sestertius.
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