Indeed, it is no simple matter to divide Roman or Eastern Roman from Byzantine, and many very serious experts decline the term Byzantine in favor...
Thank you for the lead on the BBC panel... And especially for the Aksumite digression! I'm fascinated by them and had considered adding one to my...
Oh, okay! That makes it sound like an important series of numismatic studies. Arthur Bellinger was certainly a very important numismatic scholar....
Great writeup! Whatever Henzen is doing to re-tone coins (if anything), yours looks fine and doesn't look troubling to me. It's nothing like...
Interesting thought! It depends how many coins were there, it wouldn't necessarily be a surprise if it was a small number. My understanding is...
Thank you for sharing that article! Perhaps now I can expand my "plague" collection, which so far has focused only on the dated coins of...
I would feel pretty confident there must be a lot more evidence than given in the email. (At least enough that CNG felt like conceding quickly...
I find the book tremendously useful for attributing/identifying Roman Imperial & Byzantine coins. As far as I know, it's the only attempt at a...
For anyone who stressed he's around for it, note also it may be filed under Credit Suisse or Schweizerische Kreditanstalt in some libraries.
Ha yeah that would be my video! Shared on Facebook too. Will probably end up posting again lol, just so excited about it. I have a "pedigree...
Sticking with Byzantine, ERIC II (X2), here's my "everyday use copy" on the right, and on the left the signed copy that came with the cover coin...
Fantastic example @Marsman ! Very rare you can actually see the captive's hair on that issue (or facial expression & many other details present on...
@Terence Cheesman thanks for sharing that Damaskos. There a few rev dies from that mint that were engraved by a truly gifted artist, some of the...
I recently got a copy of Historia Numorum and the slim accompanying volume of maps, illustrations, and other stuff. One of my favorite things in...
A lot of hard posts to follow. At some point I was thinking I'd start a thread on this topic, but for now I'll tease the full post. I'm choosing...
@NewStyleKing thanks so much for helping me clear up my confusion regarding the post-Sullan coinage! I am looking forward to learning more of the...
(1) Here's my favorite "mass classical owl" -- the reverse is nice and crisp, sadly there's a pressure fracture (I believe from the striking)...
What a fantastic coin, thank you for sharing it. I love that Brutus' mint was using this motif from the Caesar denarius shortly after the...
Those are fantastic, @Tejas ! I would also love to know the region/tribe more specifically (Balkan is quite vague; maybe a Germanic-Gothic people...
Apologies for a tangent, I get excited about cool provenances -- especially one on an old envelope/partial stamp! I have dreams that someday there...
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