Over 500 years of the Byzantine empire, or close to it. Fun Ken.
Thanks for the history lesson. I am fairly knowledgeable about the period from classes in Islamic history and Byzantium, but I wasn't very...
Sweet coin @Cucumbor !!!
That's a fine coin @jamesicus and a rare and very interesting type. Congrats on finding it and making the purchase!
I acquired 28 coins in 2018 and don't plan on acquiring anymore until the Frank Robinson auction closing on January 19th. Of all of these, this is...
Welcome to CoinTalk.com Richard. I do hope you enjoy it here. I joined in April of 2017 and it has been a blast! So much more fun when you can...
I haven't checked this thread in awhile, but here's my Victorinus...ex. the Dr. W. Wruck collection. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I see that @TIF beat me on my comment, oh well. ;)
Sounds like a nice project @Justin Lee - I agree on the comment about red/pink encrustrations being tough to remove. I had an Arcadius AE2 with...
Nice coins @Shrews1994 - you're really getting your feet wet in ancients.
I'm relatively old at 50. Didn't think I would make it that long but I did. I used to think it would be cool to die at 34 like Alexander the...
Great Augustus Cistophorus - a truly beautiful coin.
Great coins @Gavin Richardson and I really love the Diocletian abdication follis. That one is next on my list for the tetrarchy. Thankfully I...
I'd also like to add an Elagabalus with the black stone of Emesa, great stater there @Nerva
Thanks for the write-up @Bing - I learned a lot.
Postumus with his friend Serapis. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Postumus AE double sestertius: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Beautiful coin @Aethelred - I've been hovering on buying my first gold coin for about six months, either late empire or Byzantine. Haven't pulled...
Very nice group of coins @Curtisimo - I'm having a lot of trouble making up my mind as to which should be the top three. But I will vote now.
Yep, it's TG. Gallienus' coinage started out okay but quickly degraded with the debasement and poor design of the coins from the rest of his...
Pretty much nothing, certainly no coins. Everybody in my family thinks I'm nuts for spending money on tiny bits of metal. They do understand coins...
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