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The only thing to watch out for are dealers selling widows mites at insane prices to ignorant collectors, who think it's impossible that a coin...
My guess would be a shekel of Tyre.
I think it looks fine, attractive highlighting patina. Too much cleaning and you might lose it.
Nice interesting coin @7Calbrey
Here's mine, same type but in worse condition, heavy, reddish patina. Rather than horns, Postumus' helmet looks like an 18th century military cap...
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I agree that the silver coins are actually rarer than gold. Here is an example: Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, with Romanus I and Christopher,...
Nice find @galba68 please show it again after you've cleaned it up!
Nice pick up @BenSi
Hero/Heron of Alexandria did invent a coin-operated vending machine for holy water, as well as a steam engine, the Aeliopile....
Very nice Caesar @Nathan P - I'm down to Vitellius, Otho, and Caesar to complete my 12.
Constantine X Ducas, 1059-1067. He was the founder and first ruling member of the short-lived Doukid dynasty. During his reign, the Normans took...
Nice catch @panzerman
Merchants probably had few options, and I don't think the good silver circulated much after 260 until the introduction of the argenteus in the...
I think there can be a bit of a lag, and if someone is a bit faster on the trigger than you (or me) it can lead to those millisecond losses. Last...
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So dividing the realized amount and the number of lots the "average" price per coin was around 450 CHF. There also was a large number of gold...
Thanks for the compliment. I am not sure why Focas issued them in the XXXX format either. I got mine at auction and the price, frankly, was a bit...
Good point.
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