These AE2 maiorinae are the last large Imperial denomination before the reform of Anastasius in the late 490s. Unlike the coinage of Cherson or...
Hello everyone, A strange thing happened today: I got in the mail two coins that I have not paid for. Let me explain a bit: last week I sent two...
I noticed that there is no thread dedicated to Theodosius I and rather few coins of him are showed here. So maybe we start a thread to exemplify...
Damietta, in the Eastern Nile Delta, was a high prize captured by the crusaders of the Fifth Crusade in November 1219 and was recognized as a...
@AnYangMan was kind enough to offer his expertise on my thread about Margaret of Constantinople and he also launched an invitation for me to delve...
These two coins are very interesting and paint a somewhat similar minting situation at Rome and Ticinum, both cities and mints that had been of...
Hi, This is a regular early follis struck for Galerius, but with a nice quirk, an interesting obverse legend error: [ATTACH] AE27x26mm 10.68g...
Inspired by the very smart and inquisitive posts of @DonnaML regarding the family of Constantine the Great, I have decided to add a new thread to...
Last year I started a new chapter in my numismatic foray, a venture into an older interest that I had but didn't quite pursue: the coinage of the...
In 308 Maxentius held Italy and Africa. After a coup attempt in which his father Maximian tried to subvert some of his authority, Maximian was...
After Margaret II d'Avesnes died in 1356, the County of Hainaut entered the sole domain of Wilhelm III, her eldest son from her marriage with...
This is an extremely ugly coin and, at the same time, a rather scarce and, I think, historically important issue: [ATTACH] AE24mm 3.49g...
In 1359 France was ruled by the good king Jean II. The memory of the Black Death was still vivid for most Europeans, as the social changes were...
This type is rare and still rather controversial. Having been at first assigned to the regency of Anna of Savoy for Ioannes V Palaeologos...
This coin comes from a lot of late roman bronzes from Northamptonshire: [ATTACH] AE21mm 4.75g billon bronze maiorina/centenionalis, minted at...
In 1100 Tancred d'Hauteville (Tancredi d'Altavilla) was Prince of Galilee, his rule as vassal to the King of Jerusalem extending from Cayphas to...
On Monday, my favorite Parisian numismatic shop closed its public office until further notice because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Starting with 2017...
The German coinage of the 12th century is extremely diverse and at times hectic, as baronial and ecclesiastical mints were often more prolific,...
The city of Milan is one of the most important urban centers of Italy and has been so for the past 2000 years, while also recognized as vital for...
This is an interesting and often overlooked type, that seems to get lost in the crowd of early to mid 310s base metal folles. It is also rather...
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