An even better preserved pougeoise of the "Castle copper" type of Raymond III of 1173/4-1187: [ATTACH]
This lot would make great material for an article regarding coin collecting and the context of this particular sale (if one could dig up details...
I meant the very nice, determined, pious and apparently rather smart, although unlucky in love Alienor, Countess of Vermandois (1182/1192-1213):...
Are portraits mandatory?
Yes, yours is also a very fine coin. I'm a simple man, I see nice SPQR specs, I press like.
It is very peculiar that many of these cast coins are copper variants of rare and very rare silver denarii. 4 or 5 years ago I posted here a...
The picture from Estiot is too small, is your coin a die-match to any of the Estiot coins?
I didn't mean to sound condescending, especially in a post called A lesson of humility. What I mean is that when something is so different than...
A Constantius II medallion in an uncleaned lot should be enough to raise some questions. These pieces are just not likely looked over by dealers...
Mr. Mairat's article "L'ouverture de l'atelier imperial de Cyzique sous le regne de Claude II le Gothique" is probably the best introduction to...
Things are getting worse, here is something probably from the same manufacture but artificially aged and better made to mimick an actual...
The SPQR is one of the most interesting, compact and well made series from the coinage of Claudius II. The new imperial mint at Cyzicus was...
Kind of expensive for a common mediocre to low grade LRB.
Jupiter holds that little Victory like a particularly toothy and clawy cat.
"I'd go into battle myself, but see, I've just spent 2 hours polishing this helmet..."
Yes, an overall superior specimen, but without the Jazz Age pearl necklace.
This post is missing an Alexandrian coin with African patina. Here Helena looks like how I imagine Agatha Christie looked like when she wrote...
And it's a Sirmium coin, which is pretty scarce - during the reign of Constantine Sirmium functioned for a short period, from cca 320 to 326 and...
Take a look here, maybe you find something familiar:...
Hi, This is not a coin but rather a Rechenpfennig token from the 14-15 century.
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