BTW, did you see the Secrets of the Dead episode on the Vikings? It's available online, but I am not sure if it is now pay for view:...
Interesting coin! I would lean towards Maurice Tiberius as the under coin. I think I see "DNMA..." as the remnants of his legend on the obverse.
Nice folles! Do you have a follis of his with just his portrait and a "M" on the reverse? That type is somewhat elusive. Fortunately, not all...
Yes, the history of Ukraine and Kyiv has its roots deep in history, including the Vikings, who traded as far as Constantinople in the Middle Ages....
That's a really cool follis! Yes, I think the under coin is of Phocas, exactly which type is hard to determine. These overstruck coins are a...
I went back to my eBay purchase history in 2020. The seller is lifepik77, who is based in the Surrey, UK and has been a seller since February...
Did you try going to the site, highlighting and copying the address and pasting it into your post? I've done that in the past without a problem.
I have a preference for combination blue (azurite) and green (malachite) patinas, probably because of my lifelong interest in minerals, but a nice...
Yes, I think a Photoshop feature that I use for the picture, which is supposed to compensate for my unsteady hands, "shake reduction" might have...
Thanks Yes, a nice Sicily and Seleucia follis would be a very welcomed addition. Those are very tough coins to locate in decent grade at a...
This coin came in today from an Illinois seller on eBay. It is one of my budget purchases, at $19.00, and for that price it is decently detailed,...
Thanks Yes, the OP coin generally doesn't have the roughness that one would expect of this type. I do notice that there is a dot between ATN and...
Thanks I agree that there is something odd about the coin. Could it be a contemporary imitation? Or, could be a modern die struck fake? A cast...
Thank you for posting your coins. I was actually doing what you described last night - counting oars, mainly but also comparing styles from...
It worked! Thanks. So far, as I look at the myriad types, the obverse of this coin, listed on VCoins, seems to come closest for the obverse:...
Not sure about the coin having been dipped. The 8 reales of Ferdinand VI from 1747 into the early 1750s have grainy surfaces due to rusted dies....
Thanks I did check Forum, but the categories don't appear to include Roman Imperatorial coinage, which includes the Mark Antony legionary...
This is a coin that I have had for a few years, buying it as a type coin. I know that this type has quite a few fakes out there, and I'm...
Here are a couple more Colombian coins. The first is a 2 escudos, 1630s, Bogota. This coin exhibits the typical irregular strike of a cob, but...
Thank you for the clarification. I will change the attribution on the coin's label. to RIC- 72-73, 305 AD.
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