I have been collecting coins of this denomination for twenty years and I just got a beauty. Anytime you find any of these coins this nice, it is...
These oddities can be very interesting, granted the smaller the denomination the more likely you are to find one. ( I would love to see this with...
Hi, I normally post in the Ancients section but a friend of mine has this coin, I am sorry the photos are out of scale but this is all he provide...
I am always looking for overstruck tetartera and besides Alexius I, I have never found one. The coins simply stayed in circulation or were melted...
I purchased this coin at auction believing it was misattributed, It was not a John III Vatatzes but a John II Komnenus. Why? Because the portrait...
What is the easiest and safest way to test metal analysis on gold coinage? I am needing to determine the carats of a gold Hyperpyron, the only way...
I Miss Gary Larson creator of the Far Side. Not coin related but I thought some of you might enjoy a laugh.[ATTACH]
My newest addition to my collection , I won it in a European auction last month and arrived today. An Anonymous tetarteron from the 13th...
I work with art and we have a saying that would easily apply to Ancient coins as well. " When you buy a master work of art you are not really its...
I use to collect Roman coin before Eastern Roman coins, I still have these two coins that perplexed me because they are AE denarius not silver. I...
In another topic on the board a discussion occurred between the condition of Eastern Roman Gold versus Copper and silver. In my studies today, I...
This is not my area of normal collecting but I spent a little time with this coin from my odds and ends box. I think I found a match in...
https://www.academia.edu/37247782/Contemporary_Counterfeit_Coins_of_the_Crusader_States The article shows comparison photos of the counterfeits...
Anonymous follis, This is a Class A3 29mm but 10.3gm , I know this coin is rough but I really think the Portrait is one of the memorable ones I...
[ATTACH] 5 coins, classified as two different denominations , I have a question to help solve this mystery. Coin 1-5 Is Christ bearded in any of...
A Byzantine Puzzle. I got this last year and I did some information from a fellow collector on the inscription. "Mother of God, help John" (...
Okay bad guy coinage, the unofficial ruler of Cyprus but he produced many different types. Right now he has over a dozen plus types for a 7 year...
Here is a gem from my collection I bought many years ago. I don't take it out to often because I am afraid of losing silver. I decided to try to...
1953 JOHN II AE TETARTERON S-1953V DOC 14 Zervos Variation OBV Half length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion;...
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