No joke - an Indo Greek tetradrachm of Hermaios I ca. 90-70 BC. Mistaken for a quarter!
Warren, thanks for your post on Justinian. As I think you know, my local friends think me daft for my Byzantine enthusiasms. The department just...
I agree with you - the reconstructed painted statuary does seem very garish. Our modern view of seeing them as severe, non embellished pieces is...
As other friends have pointed out, the obverse is too far gone for certain attribution. About all we can say is that it is mid-late 6th c.
Here is one of my Anastasian pentanummia. [ATTACH]
A very nice OP Herennius Etruscus sestertius and wonderful coins from other members! My closest friend recently sold off his Decius and family...
Yes, I've always found Magnus Maximus' name a little amusing for that reason.
Here is mine. A none too nice siliqua. [ATTACH]
Very nice group of critters, Brian. As my interests center in late Roman and Byzantine, there is little chance of animal types, but I'm always...
Thank you! Your Carthage is much nicer than mine. I love yours. The horse is spectacular, and having a horse myself, I enjoy coins with equestrian...
Dear Alegandron, I am sorry to ask an ignorant question, but how do I go about contacting @ancientcoinguru, as you suggest? In the meantime, here...
Trading your butterfly, moth, and beetle collection for aurei?! Wow! I had no idea the former could be so valuable! But I am like you, if I had a...
Thank you. Yes it is rare. It came out of an Italian source in the 1950s. Glad you like it. And your Severus Alexander is exquisite. My only early...
I don't have much Roman gold. My main interest is late Roman and Byzantine, and then, not so much gold, but rather silver and better quality...
It certainly was...Monophysites vs. Orthodox, and it went on and on...
Even then, one had to use caution in expressing politically incorrect ideas!
A great post. Thank you! And a fine seal representation of "golden mouth"!
Dear Gary, What I also like about the epigraphy of the obverse is the use of "eta" for "iota" in the spelling of ἅγιος. By the middle ages (even...
I quite agree with both statements. You must have been watching the ebay auction? There are a few lesser examples in CNG's database that sold for...
As Doug points out above, Bulgarian, other Balkan, and Latin Empire copies can muddy the waters in the case of partially struck or worn examples....
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