If I didn't already have the Rynearson book, I would order it. There is an eBay seller with it at $8 plus $3.27 shipping in the US, and he has the...
I presume that "Coin Chat" allows responses that refer to other types of coins, including ancient coins (think Julius Caesar or classical Athens)....
That is a very good question. Throughout the Byzantine period there are very many overstrikes, usually on the same denomination of a previous...
Some Byzantine overstrikes are easy to attribute. [ATTACH] This is another Heraclius and son/M, Sear 805. The symbol to the right of the M is for...
The OP coin is an overstrike of Heraclius (610-641) and son, as @kevin McGonigal noted. There is a way to try to determine the undertype if you...
I just revised my page of coin of the tetrarchy with two excellent Licinius pieces and an excellent Maximinus II....
Dear @TIF, please PM me a gif of the secret handshake. Here are my credentials as a certified member of the Parliament club: [ATTACH] I bought...
On my page I wrote this about the anepigraphic type I illustrated above: "There are many more examples of each type than van Heesch found in...
I have a web page on these types: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/MaximinusII/ [ATTACH] This is one of the rarer types.
I think the Kingdom of the Bosporus has a claim to bad portraits. Here's one from Thothorses (285-308)/ The coin is dated explicitly below the...
I just added a new mintmark for Antioch under Justinian (527-565) to my page which tells the story of the mint and why its mintmarks changed from...
I can think of some issues of ancient coins where the "portraits" are really bad. Byzantine copper is not known for die quality, but coins of Sear...
I have just added some excellent coins to my website: http://augustuscoins.com/index.html Included at the top are a stater of Metapontion...
The OP coin is very nice with very good color and excellent style. is not how most firms would grade it. There is too much wear along the...
Theme: Neptune [ATTACH] Postumus, 259-268. Gallo Roman Empeeror. Neptune, standing with dolphin and trident NEPTVNO REDUCI Saer III 10963. RIC 76...
No. [ATTACH] Maxentius, 306-312 24 mm. 5.60 grams. CONSERV VRBS SVAE RBQ RIC 210, page 378 "C2, 308-310"
@Milesofwho , that is a very attractive representative group. I like your coins!
In 2001 I wrote this on rarity and how it influences cost: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/rarity.html Very many people have read it since...
[ATTACH] DIVO AVGVSTO SPQR Massive 35 mm sestertius struck under Tiberius. BMC Tiberius 125. Sear I 1784. RIC 62 struck "35-36" Augustus seated...
For well over a hundred years numismatists have regarded the coin-reform of Anastasius as the beginning of Byzantine coinage. The solidus...
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