No. No one collects these coins. They are unpopular and should be ignored ;)
Lovely pick ups. I had an intention to get a Miliaresion at this auction, but spent my budget on another coin last week!
Great example @dougsmit And interesting observation re the curling. I hadn't considered that, but what you say makes sense.
Fantastic first Eastern Roman Empire/Byzantine coin @Stanw891 Tiberius is a great choice.
It would have been quite the privilege to hold a Constantine XI! The mind wonders about who held it, when, and what happened. If coins could...
I'm so happy! After getting absolutely smashed at a couple of recent auctions, I finally got my long awaited coin - a John VIII Stavraton. This...
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Thank you! That's it. I very much appreciate the ID
Ah ha! Thank you. This makes more sense. The seller misattributed it, and this explains why I couldn't find a match in my search criteria.
In addition to @Only a Poor Old Man , there is a further write up here: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/echoes-of-byzantium.353247/ :D
Lovely coin @Orfew ! I don't have any elephants. Only a dirty, smelly camel from the Roman Republic :) [ATTACH] M. Aemilius Scaurus and P....
Great write up and fantastic didrachm :) Here is my one and only humble Ptolemaic (I seriously need to get a Ptoelmaic Tetradrachm): [ATTACH]...
Exactly... so... odd to see it depicted the way it was in what I assume was Nat Geo.
Question @furryfrog02 - what's this about Moscow being a third Rome? I know that significant cultural exchange occurred between the late Eastern...
Lovely book! I now want one too...
Heh, yes, fair point My comment was really in response to this part of the post: I like sets (that I invent for myself)! And I like plastic...
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This is a really interesting statement. I actually don't consider myself a numismatist either. Rather, a collector of history. The coins I seek...
Lovely Bactrians @Parthicus @Marsyas Mike @Ryro ! Thanks for sharing. I will definitely need to get a square type at some stage, and also a...
Congratulations, lovely coin, with decent detail. A difficult series to collect, and not for the feint of heart. I have been meaning to get into...
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