:p Certainly, it could also mean the Empire was always at war during my reign and everyone was burying coins and getting slaughtered before they...
Numerous and cheap for me. For so many coins of me to have survived, it likely means I ruled a long time and the Empire was fairly prosperous to...
Cool coin. Do you know why they were counter stamping coins of Heraclius/Heraclius Constantine with stamps of...Heraclius/Heraclius Constantine?...
The casual, but intelligent tone of this forum, combined with frequent posting is what makes this place appealing IMO. I would hope that no one...
I always thought it was kinda funny that Irene means "peace."
Very cool. I don't have any Cyprus coins, but I did visit the island once. Amazingly warm water. Highly recommended.
I'm not sure. My learning about Byzantine coins hasn't been very linear and I tend to skip around as different things catch my interest :D....
Yes, exactly. Here's the other piece of evidence that makes it Manuel in my mind. Bendall drew both of his John coins with similar looking...
One more from Labarum: [ATTACH] And a few from ACSearch: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Plus Bendall's drawing: [ATTACH]...
The coin in question: [ATTACH] was listed as: Byzantine John VIII Palaeologus, 1425-1448. Follaro (Bronze, 14.5 mm, 0.48 g, 5 h), Constantinople....
Very informative. Thank you!
Wow :woot:
Do you have a before pic?
Nice collection! That Constantine IV is new to me :woot:
Is this the other known example? [ATTACH] https://www.forumancientcoins.com/notinric/7lyo-54.html
@Marsyas Mike that's some interesting info :D I'll have to keep my eye out for some of those special varieties.
Very cool to have a set from the different mints. :D I think the different coloring of the coins really adds to the charm as well
DOC's smallest diameter for this year is 39 and the lowest weight is 17.48 (not the same coin). They do have a year 12 listed as 34 and 15.30,...
Good point. As I am searching, the size of your coin is much more typical. Sear does list this coin as having larger and smaller versions,...
Very fun coincidence! :D I'm not sure if it's known how many engravers would work in a single officina, but it's really interesting how different...
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