Some great coins there!
Great coins and write up. Curious if Byzantine gold also was used by the Vikings, the so-called bezant.
Yeah, I agree that dealers have to make a living, hence having higher prices is understandable compared to Ebay. There already is enough downward...
Nice coin.
If I am bidding at auction I don't engage in this practice. Seems pretty smarmy.
Thanks for the notice.
Great coin and certainly very historical. Congrats on the win @panzerman !
Great example - even the details of the garments and armor are visible. Did these tetrarchs walk around in full armor all the time?
Nice finds @galba68 !
Have a great time in Spain. Visit the Great Mosque in Cordoba if you get the chance. Great architecture.
That's a cool coin @randygeki - and the price was right too!
Unfortunately I can't make it this weekend. Would like to attend in the future though. I'm only about 30 miles away.
To add something to the conversation - my collecting practice is to try to buy coins at or near to the suggested bid at auction. That way I can be...
Cast, plus the first pic's portrait appears tooled/smoothed around the edges to clarify the profile. So I think it's a tooled fake and something...
That's really cool @Bing!
Quite a nice coin @panzerman - and you got a rare one for a good price. Really like the reverse type, portrait is well done as well.
From the portrait probably Constantius II. I have many of these coins. When I have bought hoards of late roman bronze pieces in the past...
I guess there always have been fakes even in ancient times and in the Renaissance the Paduans, for example. I don't see it really being a...
Excellent coin and thanks for sharing it!
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