I think it is genuine with seriously corroded surfaces. The surfaces reduce the value a great deal. Many collectors, myself included, would not...
Byzantine flans from the period of the 600s are often so bad it is almost cheating to show one. This example is not very unusual: [ATTACH]...
I think it doesn't matter what the grade is called. We see the picture. If the picture is like the coin, that is what the coin is like. This is...
Here is a coin of Isaac Comnenus (1185-1191), usurper on the island of Cyprus. I like Byzantine AE but hadn't expected to seek such a rare ruler,...
My site on Byzantine anonymous folles has some discussion of overstrikes here: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ByzAnon/#overstrikes Very many...
[ATTACH] This coin of Hadrian is like the coin in the original post except this one includes the word "ADOPTIO" in exergue. 19 mm. Struck 117. BMC...
We are all, and I certainly am, very impressed. What a gorgeous construction! I can see that it took a great dealing of planning to make it come...
Not many women ruled the Roman empire, but Irene ruled in her own name, 797-802. In the middle Byzantine centuries the wives of young male heirs...
Regardless of whether it is unique, it is beautiful with outstanding symbols. What a great coin!
Spink owns the copyright and the seller of the RIC CD is a criminal. I have reported such offerings to eBay many times. The eBay report site used...
We often see the phrase "supply and demand" in the context of price. However, we often consider the concept of rarity to belong only to the supply...
I think Aemilian is the only emperor with a legend including "TR P I". Usually if a legend notes TR P and it is the first, the "I" is omitted....
Some have suggested or asserted it is a fake. I have studied coins of Tarsus from that era and would have thought it is genuine. Of course, we are...
To me many of the portraits look lifelike, but often not of the given emperor. Here is the link the to photoreal images again:...
I agree! Here is one of his early portrait style: [ATTACH] and here is my site which discusses his three portrait styles:...
[ATTACH] Lucania. Poseidonia. c. 445-420 BC 19 mm. 8.03 grams. Poseidon advancing right wielding trident bull standing left Legends retrograde HN...
Trajan issued many types that refer to Dacia: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Trajan/ I have a DACIA coin of Trajan Decius a lot like the one @PeteB...
I forgot to say I usually end my communications with "I hope this helps." Maybe that takes the sting out of it a bit.
I often contact dealers about misattributions (vcoins listings and auction-house listings, but not eBay offerings). Sometimes they simply have the...
That would be a great coin without the cheetos patina. They erroneously call it "unlisted in RIC." However, it is RIC VIII Lyons 32 on page 206....
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