I know, I posted that on the thread about the "Galla Placidia" back then. I think there is a network of forgers who started small but in force --...
Fact is these have been branching out outside ebay and at least one got its way from an otherwise reputed auction house to the collection of one...
"You guys" ? This post is meant to help people avoid a distinctive brand of fakes, not to "enable" anything, least of all dealers of fake coins.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Might want to avoid anything looking like this. The first giveaway is the crispness and the shine of the...
The last few years have seen so many fakes after late roman and migration perriod rarities coming to surface and unfortunately the same "workshop"...
Claudius II Gothicus was likely one of the victims in the Plague of Cyprian. [ATTACH]
I have bought a book from Bertolami 2mths ago and although the communication was slow and spotty, the delivery was blitz-fast in 24hrs delivery.
Now you need some with cat prints.
Hi, there is no definite proof that Vlad III Dracula minted coins, but his father, Vlad II Dracul did mint bani during the 1440s. There is also a...
Something interesting that I cannot remember seeing on medieval billon deniers outside of the Holy Land - a very nice iridescent golden glow:...
@Milesofwho got the Sear number right, further reference in DOC p.552, dating around 1229-1230.
So, no one got anything in this extraordinary auction?
Hi, I know nothing about English coinage, but at 10$ even if fake it's not really a hole in the budget.
This is such a difficult question to answer and I don't presume to have the complete answer to it. One aspect to keep in mind is that a large...
A seigneurie is basically a land (and castle) grant from a feudal lord to his feudal vassal. After this grant the area becomes autonomous under...
Next in line about the relationship between Seigneurie de Verizon and the Duchy of At&T.
One of my main interests is in obscure lords of the feudal West, especially those who can be tied to either crusading and/or taking the pilgrimage...
It was an incredibly lively auction with almost all lots going for many times over their estimates. As a matter of fact this auction had one of...
@BenSi you will most likely appreciate this one. One can read who that is like in an open book: [ATTACH]
Or maybe a Bonifatius as Comes Africae.
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