@Valentinian Are you familiar with Byzantine weights? Two of my Byzantine (or late Roman) weights use letters in monogram: [ATTACH] L I for one...
An interesting lot from CNG arrived this week. It is a one Libra weight from the late Roman or early Byzantine Empire. I have collected weights...
Congrats! I like your web pages. They are well done.
Great web site and coins! It interesting the Eastern Roman empire is called the Byzantine empire today and they called themselves Romans. I have...
I think the answer lies in the difficulty of the process and the minting goals. I think they were worried about the number of coins per pound (As)...
Interesting early coin and nice Midas tough. I bought my first electrum nugget this month. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I like the details on your coin. I collect Moneta coins with scales, see them here -...
I think this one has interesting marks. I wonder if the W is a counter mark or a banker's mark. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
nice coin, what is on the reverse? Looks like it could be a butter churn. I picked up a duplicate recently because I like that it could be the...
Thanks for the links. It looks like I have a few more coins to find. I found a great Crawford 335/3, but it is a b not a g or f.
It is because you are not green. [ATTACH] @Ernesto Pulido there is more than one group here. I wander the ancient halls most often, but...
I agree with your post. I started collecting Roman scale weights a couple of years ago & struggled understanding how to ID them. My go to book now...
The coin circulated a long time. I think the marks are cuts to check purity, or testing for fourees.
I picked up two coins this week to make a small set of RR coins with voting on them. I suspect that there are some control marks that involve...
great collection, thanks for sharing! I think you have the anchor pointed the correct way for the eastern Mediterranean. [ATTACH] I like that...
Thanks for sharing. I Hope someone publishes the find. I am a fan of the big coins and the big books that show them. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I picked up a few interesting pieces at the Bellaire Coin Club show last weekend. I collect Roman Republic and cast bronze, so three of these I...
Imperfections in a coin can vary a lot. The two bronze TVRDs (C. Papirius Turdus) below are aVF and have cracks or other flan imperfections. I...
great collection, or start to a collection. Make sure to put your ID on the tags in your trays. That way in 50 years when the collection is sold,...
Oops, I did not post my Astro's cap pic. [ATTACH] We had 59 YNs in the auction. For the most part all went well. The two ancient coins drew...
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