Thank you! Much better now.
And it has the suggestion of an inscription, which is not often the case: DNA... Here is one of mine that also has a partial inscription. [DN...
Yes, I think so, in general terms. Grierson in DOC V:1, pp. 26-27 discusses the origin and derivation of the term follaro. But I just had my 2nd....
That's a beauty!.
Happy to help in a small way.
Were that coin a year 8 of Tib. II (Sear 430), the Greek numeral M would be cursive, not Roman, as here.
Yes, this is Maurice Tiberius, Constantinople, year 8, officina 5. Sear 494.
So nice to see those silvers! Here are a few repeats with mine, plus one or two others. Maurice Tiberius (582-602 AD) AR 1/2 Siliqua, Carthage....
Dear @Stanw891, Here's a story you can share with your class: Years ago I attended a lecture by a noted Greek scholar of Byzantine history. He...
Thank you! I like yours also.
Although as a rule Byzantine coins lack the diversity as well as the aesthetic quality of engraving found on Greek or earlier Roman coins, an...
I don't recall reading any scholarly comment concerning M or XXXX, although one sees Roman numerals on fractions of the follis under earlier...
Ah, thank you, DonnaML! I am a little ignorant when it comes to this sort of thing! My grandchildren sometimes try to teach me but my eyes glaze...
Dear DonnaML, I am so backward, I don't even understand what the term "tag" means in this context! :-)
Should I see whether he responds to this thread?
Dear Al, You're correct that the Ravenna issues were imitated extensively, a point also mentioned by Kent in RIC X, p. 163. I am no expert in...
As I rummaged through a seldom-visited box of coins at the bank the other day I ran across two old friends with whom I had not spent time in ages....
I wish I had a histamenon of Basil, but I don't. My first coin above is a tetarteron, Sear 1806, not a histamenon, which would be broader, with a...
Dear "+VGO.DVCKS", is this what you have in mind, regarding my CT handle? "When I first went to Greece on university business years ago, I...
Great write up, Arnoldoe! I especially liked the map pre - and post Basil. Some modern scholarship discounts the blinding story, but sadly, at...
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