The OP coin is an outstanding example and one that is on my want list. I am just waiting for a good specimen that has a good amount of details...
An update to the half follis that came in today.... [ATTACH] Byzantine Empire: Justinian I (527-565) Æ Half Follis, Theoupolis (Sear-225; DOC...
Here is mine: [IMG] Byzantine Empire: Michael VII Ducas (1071-1078) Æ Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1878; DOC 14b) Obv: Bust of Christ...
My current issue with FORVM is that they changed the site a bit and broke all the unicode formatting..Messed up a lot of my entries that I spent a...
That Perunjinga Pallavas of Sendamangalam is pretty sweet! Congrats.
His series is pretty good for a poor's man catalog. For the Armenian coinage, while older, I would download Paul Bedoukian's reference that was...
I didn't realize there was one with a smaller "Vishnu Padam" and a Chera bow. Usually, they are like the following, from ANA Museum, with just a...
Above coin is probably this (which is not my coin...) Medieval Armenia: Levon III (1301-1307) AE Kardez Obv: +ԼԵՒՈՆ ԹԱԳԱՒՈՐ (Levon King); King...
The copyright of the photo belongs to the person who took it. It doesn't matter if you sold the coin 5 years ago. As long as you took the...
I collect these types of coins and thus I am not talking randomly here...
Wow, $100 for a condition like that is pretty steep!
I'll pile on. Two from Rome and a few from Ravenna: Byzantine Empire: Justinian I (527-565) Æ Decanummium, Rome (Sear-308; DOC-331; MIBE-228)...
I suspect its trying to be a 2 Paisa from Patan like the following... [IMG]
That is a double paisa from Mysore and issued under Tipu Sultan. There is a really good chance it is fake, unfortunately. Coins of Tipu Sultan...
A few in my collection. Sear 1853 has several minor varieties: Byzantine Empire: Constantine X Ducas (1059-1067) Æ Follis, Constantinople (Sear...
Rarity is always subjective based on current availability. That type is more scarce than Rare these days and I saw those types and skipped them...
The Kharosthi unicode fonts are part of Windows 10 thanks to Andrew Glass@microsoft. He wrote his thesis on Kharosthi. I have been transcribing...
Very nice! I enjoy a good overstrike, especially ones from Byzantine. Here is a cascading attribute: [img] Byzantine Empire: Æ Anonymous Class...
Thanks Ross! That is definitely a good theory on who issued those coins. I didn't see that particular specimen. It has a very clear legend on...
That is a lovely type which I don't have. I do have this one, which is one of my favorites: Egypt, Alexandria: Nero (54-68 CE) BI Tetradrachm,...
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