These are among the most dynamic bust types: Probus 'heroic bust' with spear forwards and aegis [ATTACH] Constantine II with globe and spear...
They certainly need paperwork from the Israel Antiquities Authority. Before the pandemic this would have taken no more than a week or so.
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Here is a denier from the Diocese of Le Puy in the later part of the 11th century: [ATTACH] AR18mm 0.70g billon denier, minted at Le...
There were many offered in 2017-18 and I'd like to know who did this and why, considering that the billon denier of Antioch already had a...
It was a nice auction.
A minuscule Hilderic in North Africa, Carthage ca. 526-30 AE4 9mm 0.6g bought for exactly 1.04GBP: [ATTACH] Some of the [HILDE]RIX legend still...
Metcalf's article where he argues that the 'Latin types' from Hendy Type D onwards (ca. 1230s-1240s) are actually Eastern Bulgarian issues minted...
A point of interest in these early Antioch pseudo-Byzatine coins is how come the earliest of the Tancred folles are also the most common of them,...
This one is not an overstrike, but at 24mm and 5.29g it's an oversized early follis of Tancred: [ATTACH]
Medieval Serbian earring?
What reference is that?
I don't really know much about German coinage and its reference books, not even about the German tournois. I went with that example on the basis...
There has to be a better way to date these. Perhaps this from 1522? https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8033274
Surprised nobody added 'Jerusalem' by Simon Sebag Montefiore.
Maximinus II is very popular lately. [ATTACH]
I think it's more likely Honorius, I think I can see faint HONORI after the DN
So sorry for the triple reply, it seems my internet connection had a glitch.
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Is it Monday already? Gotta keep this going! Philippe de Savoia as Prince of Achaea AR20mm 0.81g 210/1000 billon denier tournois of Glarentza ca....
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