This is a really nice explanation of how Chinese coins could appeal to collectors without heritage relating to this area of the world.
Constans II and his son Constantine IV have a lot of these. Sometimes I wonder if the emperors just had absolutely no care about how they were...
It's not rare to look through an auction and see withdrawn lots. Should I interpret this as the coins were determined to be fakes? Or are there...
I agree with the posts saying to judge the coins by the pictures and what you think rather than the dealer or NGC grade. My favorite descriptions...
While the amount is much lower, it's actually a much better profit percentage wise. Around a 27% gain versus 19% for the Brazilian if I didn't...
Nice coin. I like that it hasn't been harshly cleaned. I recently picked up a coin that I am happy to have, but was horrified to see how the...
I don't know what number, but Justinian probably makes the list for the Corpus Juris Civilis [ATTACH] Gold medallion of Justinian I,...
I'm not quite sure if this was meant to exist or not. A Philippicus hexagram struck with solidus dies. Currently for sale in Triton 24, it says...
Thanks for sharing! Very scary reading for a newer collector, but valuable info.
Here's my small but growing collection...hopefully no fakes :clown: [ATTACH] Anastasius [ATTACH] Tiberius II Constantine [ATTACH]...
Is this coin in a fake database or how did you determine it was fake? I see this auction house has sold this type of coin 3 other times, so if...
Congrats. I've got an Alexios Hyperpyron on the way and was recently gifted a Trebizond Asper. I've been making my way through the History of...
That's fair. It would be nice though if the info could at least exclusively be available to academics. Or maybe some kind of timeline for...
I'm very sympathetic to this post. I think it would not only be cool to know where your coin was found...like what village in what country, but...
Ah, nevermind, I see it's not the coin I thought it was :-)
Makes sense. Probably explains why the dots on the Bible that Jesus is holding are so much smaller than the one on the left too.
Looking at the two coins, I feel pretty much certain that they are die matches, but one thing irks me. The coin on the left has an extra dot that...
Michael VIII Palaeologus Sear 2242 maybe? [IMG]
Very interesting. Congrats :D
Here is the listed description: Description ROMANUS IV, Diogenes. 1068-1071 AD. . Constantinople mint. Michael VII standing, flanked by...
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