Nice! I haven't won a more recent Roma auction with the nicer flip insert, but I've appreciated the nice jewelry boxes that Roma has sent me...
Indeed! There were a number of great Byzantine coins in that auction. Whoever the "Philhellene" was had a really nice collection
That's definitely what attracted me to it. I haven't actually showed it to any non-collectors yet, but I am anticipating the kind of looks and...
Really awesome OP. You did a great job summarizing this emperor's coinage. I loved this line: "The history of John Comnenus Ducas reads like a...
Good call on the Zeno example. What kinda looks like an Μ could well be the ς and π bleeding into each other. The other letters do indeed look...
[ATTACH] Romanus IV Diogenes, with Eudocia, Michael VII, Constantius, and Andronicus, 1068-1071. Histamenon (Gold, 30 mm, 4.41 g, 6 h),...
I love this type as well, although I have not gotten one yet
Destroyed in shredder. Otherwise, extremely fine
This one is rubbed out pretty good, but here's another with a longer legend: [ATTACH] AUKTIONSHAUS H. D. RAUCH GMBH, E-AUCTION 23, LOT 2010...
Here's another example I found that has a legend more similar to yours, although not quite the same. The image details match up moreso with the...
I really like how clear the writing is on the right side of the coin. Congrats!
When I started out and didn't have any references, I just told them that I didn't, but linked them to my ebay account which is very old and has...
I'm not familiar enough with these coins to have an opinion, but if it is indeed LBC 1010 Manuel II, apparently this same coin is listed as John V...
Speaking of fish money... My oldest and also my smallest: [ATTACH] MYSIA. Kyzikos. EL 1/48 Stater, ca. 600-550 B.C. Hurter & Liewald-III,...
I have no coins to share, but I enjoyed the article, thanks :D
I bought a book from London Ancient Coins. It arrived very quickly and it was as described. They have a gazillion books, so I'll likely be...
You gotta figure somewhere out there, there's one person who's dedicating themselves to collecting all 492 combinations. :pompous:
Congrats! I saw this coin as well and agree it has a nice look to it :cool:
So, I know nothing about this seller, but I will say, I love that he has a category called, "COINS I ADMIRE EVERY MORNING WHILE HAVING MY COFFE" :D
Not exactly a dealbreaker, but more an example of having different preferences than other collectors. I'm seeing a lot of coins described as "as...
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