Neat set! I remember seeing a set of Byzantine coins by mint on a map display from DOC in Washington DC years ago.
Yes, you are correct on Aquileia, my bad. Yep, Syria, Antioch billon tetradrachm.
Valens, Heraclea mint.
Number 1 is hard to see, but I would lean towards Arcadius from the letters I can make out. Bigger pic would help. Number 2 is Faustina II,...
Found it. The William one is also a Simon de Passe. Found a complete set of all 32, it is the bottom row, second from left:...
Thank you! I haven't found the other one yet, but it sounds like Simon van de Passe made a number of different types with British monarchs, so...
I have 164 ancient and medieval coin auctions ending on ebay this week, tomorrow through Saturday, Saturday is all better quality and rare coins....
I was working on sorting through a few groups of coins that just came in the mail. These British ones I thought were very interesting. I couldn't...
It is definitely not a tetarteron. The thickness matches the fractional siliquae (only weighs 0.12g).
Congratulations! That is an exceptional coin, above average monogram for these too.
This is a recent find from a large group of AE4's I was going through. Looks like a 1/8th siliqua. Bearded bust facing, and I think either a cross...
Thanks! Looks like a match to me.
This one is definitely a halfpenny. I think you are right on Wren, don't know what the resource for halfpennies would be though.
Ran into this one going through a group of detector finds I purchased. I was checking the Wren book, and the closest I found was one with an...
Hi all, I have over 150 auctions ending on ebay, mostly this weekend. Lots of nice stuff, from a nearly complete IHC set, to some assorted US...
Dark brown to black.
I believe NGC looks at all the bands, I know they look at all the bell lines on a Franklin.
I shot the photos today really quick. Here are my thoughts on the coin. There is a TON of luster under the toning. It is an original coin, not...
NGC just uses FB designation. Thanks!
Any thoughts? Looks awful close to a FB to me, thinking of sending it in to NGC.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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