If I go to CRRO and access the denarius 44/5 and follow the trail I am referred to Schaefer Binder 3 Section 14, 16 and so on. Clicking on...
So what have we actually learnt from all this? Ross G.
Hi Rob, I suspect some of the heavy weights are missing handles. Ross G.
Here is the full story from Luciani and Lucchelli on the Castor weights - cup shaped ("ciotola") and otherwise:...
S.2289 was included in Weller’s Bergama (Pergamum) “hoard” (DOC V Table 8 C.29) along with two types of Michael VIII & Andronicus II, but I’m not...
This is Sear 2289 of Michael VIII Palaeologus. Bendall gives it to Constantinople, but it is possibly an issue of Magnesia - see here:...
Actually I should have remembered that S.2233 also appears in C.L.B.C. as Uncertain Ruler No. 16.5 (p.586). Ross G.
On 2182 the saint holds a spear in his right hand, angled across his chest and left shoulder. Notice that on the BN 2233 example you can still see...
[ATTACH] Here is Bendall's prime example of S.2233, from the Bibliotheque National (the source number is BYZ-779). It is the only convincing...
I see - thanks for that. Ross G.
Could I ask where the image of the astragal weight comes from? Ross G.
The Phanes stater is listed in Triton as the 7th known. I have 12 examples in my files (including several exhibited in the Israel Museum but not...
For an online Byzantine catalog see here: https://coins.labarum.info/catalog or here:...
1. Philadelphia didn't fall to the Turks until the middle of the 14th century, and had been issuing it's own coins since the time of Michael VIII...
Hi Seth. S.2464 is certainly a rare and intriguing type. My guess is that it is an issue of a provincial mint from the period of the dispute...
If you're interested in early electrum coins see here: http://www.glebecoins.net/electrum/index.html
Hi Herbeto - This is probably John VIII - you can see part of the legend +IWANHC with the N & H ligatured around 3 o'clock on the reverse. (With...
See here for more info on the trachies (and plenty more besides): http://glebecoins.net/paleos/home.html Ross G.
Have you checked them for die matches?
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