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Doud, you have reminded us of why we study history, so that we can better appreciate that tangible links to it. I am glad you found and posted it.
I find Coin Talk to have a bit of everything. There's plenty of serious, scholarly writing here but also some pretty humorous stuff as well and...
Seeing this tiny nummus coin gives me new respect for the humble follis of Anastatios being worth (M) forty of these nummi.
I don't think too many folks would have torn the house apart looking for one of these coins.
I don't know how many of these one nummus coins were minted but I'll bet a high percentage were lost and never recovered in ancient or modern times.
How large is that nummus of Leo? Diameter and weight?
I had no idea that the N stood for nummi on these coins. By the way, I think there may actually have been a one nummus coin sometime early in the...
Thanks for reposting and is a gorgeous Nomisma. Byzantine copper tracheas from this time period are often illegible, blundered, strikes but when...
Thanks, Bing. I'll try that.
I have noticed that I have accidentally been putting up double posts, usually as a response to sone other post. How do I remove a duplicate post?...
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Thanks for your response quoting the original sources. That makes a difference when a writer does that.
The term buck as the equivalent of a dollar long predates X's on dollar bills. In colonial America a male deer hide was the equivalent of the...
Good points,
Most of us are familiar with the term, "Nummus", which seems to be commonly applied to small bronze coins, frequently advertised on coin sites as...
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