Great pickup! I was the under bidder on that coin, but unfortunately I had leave early with my wife during the live auction and thus had to let...
Ditto! I am not going to be reading that anytime soon...
I just love the way you present your coins! Almost makes me want to roll out the parchment and read out the contents....
Hate to break it to you, but the attribution is not correct. Its actually Constantine VII with Romanus: Byzantine Empire: Constantine VII...
A lot of the questions can be answered by the meaning of the legends which is where most of the confusion comes from. What used to be ANNO with...
FORVM members are typically good about scanning single articles from Numismatic Circular. I put out a request, but it will take some time...
That is from the "Early Byzantine Copper Coins" which can be downloaded from: https://www.byzantine-ae.info/ The numbering system is the...
See Numismatic Circular 1997, pages 198-200 as Simon Bendall has published this variety as DOC Class 4 type "cursive m" with a cross-bar. It has...
Each type adds more complexity and even though I have a few of these types, I haven't spent the time to analyze the types, unfortunately. I...
I have to go grab a copy of Foss and all of my other physical references are packed away and thus a bit crippled with just my digital references....
Lets start with the bottom first. The exergue is wiped out, so I don't know what the regal year is. The design changed for RY12-15: Byzantine...
You have the A/X group of Class IV Arab Bzantine follis. The legend is quite clear on the reverse left. There are several different types of...
The problem with some of these coins are the overstrikes which causes even more confusion on an already confusing series. I don't think your coin...
I am thinking about taking the challenge as there have been so many Constans II coins that were misidentified as Arab-Byzantine and vise-versa. I...
Been spending my time with the follis of Constans II (and its corresponding Arab-Byzantine coins). Got more to say about this later, but his...
Here is the one I use: https://www.tesorillo.com/aes/home.htm
Trachy identification is hard! Even experts get the attributions wrong at times. This particular coin was identified as Sear 2297 but its really...
An older trachy that I picked up earlier in the year. Just got around to properly attributing it while doing some weekend work. A bit soft in...
To add to Doug's comment, the garment of the Emperor is quite important to determine a precise match. David provided a big clue and I suggest you...
The smaller coins should be this one, or similar. Don't have access to my library at the moment, so I can't give you a more precise answer......
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