I picked up this broken lead coin from Sodasa yesterday. These coins don't normally show up at auction and its in a very fragile state,...
Yeah, I joined the dark side a loong time ago. Got to embrace it sooner or later. My recent acq..: Seleukid Empire: Seleukos I Nikator (312...
See Subrahmanyam, R., A Catalogue of the Ikshvaku Coins in the Andhra Pradesh Government Museum, The Government of Andhra Pradesh, 1979
Lead coins have been around for quite some time, including recent, more modern coins. The early coinage of the Danish India colony of Tranquebar...
@dougsmit: The year is 641 as depicted at the bottom of the reverse, similar to mine even though it has different control marks on the obverse....
That is a nice OP coin, especially with the full legends. Usually they are cut off like my specimen. I'll throw in my other Kassander coins into...
Sorry for joining late, but everyone has some nice coins here! The Classes H, I, and J are difficult to find in good condition where majority of...
I agree with your assessment in that it is tooled in the reverse, but at a cheap cost, it was worth picking it up. The Leo III follis comes in...
Thanks for all the welcomes! Its good to be back. As a comparison, here are two of my Leo III coins that are documented in DOC. Neither of...
Thanks @Caesar_Augustus! Its good to be back for a bit. Its very reminiscent of a Leo III follis, but several things throws it off. The crowns...
Howdy CTers, So many things were occurring simultaneously that I had to take a break from most of the forums these past few months. Sorry if I...
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An outstanding writeup! Constantine XI is high on my want list. I missed out on a recent Gemini auction that had one from Bendall's hoard :(
@BenSi is absolutely correct! What an outstanding find! It is extremely rare. Here is one that sold recently on CNG: [IMG] Theodore...
That is Christ Emmanuel, and hence is depicted as a young child. See Matthew 1:22-23: 22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which...
I suspect it is an overstrike, but let me take a picture with my macro lens to be sure. Definitely post your coin so that we can exchange notes :)
Been there, done that, way too many times :rolleyes:
It doesn't matter in biddr.ch as you can't snipe. The bidding for the coin just extends in time. Just attend the live session, if you can...
Very nice trachy with a nice angelic strike! The Latin Empire trachae varies in many ways including size, and hence there are tiny versions of...
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