Are you giving any coin gifts for Christmas? Here's mine: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/coins-being-given-as-christmas-presents.409313/...
It's interesting how ancient and U.S./modern collectors go about things in the opposite way, generally speaking. 1) Cleaning - I believe cleaning...
I opened my Saturnalia present, as soon as I got it :D. I had to wait about two weeks to reveal it.
I'd now guess Heraclius and the Nikomedia mint.
What a thoughtful gift! :happy:
[ATTACH] DEMETRIOS I SOTER AR silver tetradrachm. Antioch, struck circa 156-155 BC. Diademed head right. Reverse - ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ,...
Yes, there are advantages and disadvantages of slabbing. I can understand wanting the storage to be uniform. The folks at numisforums recently...
I'm not into moderns, but the Guernsey is my favorite of the lot; pretty cool!
That's partly why I collect ancients. I'm interested in the history. Take Heraclius and his nemesis, King Khrusru, for example. Both the...
Very kind of you. Your examples aren't exactly shabby, and your Justinians are better than any of mine. I bought it from a vcoins dealer, later...
By the way, www.wildwinds.com is a halfway decent place for ID'ing stuff. The pictures are generally rather small.
I'm voting for the Alexandrian Vitellius, quite a hard one to find.
The .pdf is $30-something,by the way, and is really cool to have for quick reference. Annoyingly, Sear Roman Coins and their Values IV (and...
[ATTACH] Here's a decent-condition early Heraclius. The provincial mints had an evencruder /wavier cuirass. However, I think I see more than one...
How cool! A nice Sear 882 was always on my bucket list. Here's mine. [ATTACH]
The previous post refers to the 'Maurice Tiberius', which could be Justinian (but I don't see a cross in the obv. field) or an early Heraclius....
I just don't know, it's just in such rough shape. The crude cuirass would suggest an early Heraclius. The rough surface just makes one unsure of...
I take that back; I think it may be Constantinople. I guessed Nikomedia because of the bucket-head, but Maurice's Constantinople portraits were...
Byzantine Coins And Their Values by David R Sear 2nd Edition The .pdf versions (from Spink) aren't too expensive. The magic man one is tougher....
Justinian I, Antioch mint, AE 40 nummia, Sear Byzantine 220, Year 21/officina 2.
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