I'm trying hard to love them but there are just so many other coins that capture my interest (Greek, Roman Provincial, Roman Republican mainly).
Most of them are from a single lot. I've purchased only two or three individual Byzantines.
Okay :) I have a half-dozen or so Byzantine Christ coins. Here are a couple more: [IMG] Basil II and Constantine VIII, CE 976-1028 Class A3...
Hmm. I give up (for now). In Wildwinds and CoinProject I tried every permutation of possible letter matches for the last three or four visible...
[IMG] Posthumus CE 260-269 antoninianus, 22 mm, 3.0 gm struck CE 263 in Cologne Obv: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust...
While the reverse figure looks good, I don't think the OP coin's letters can be made to fit that city. I'm still looking... I love a good hunt...
@Roman Collector, Here's how to fix your Wildwinds problem. The steps are for a Mac, but you can probably figure out where to go to change the...
WOW, that one is exceptional for the type!
Looks like I have a couple of Class G folles in that mixed lot. [IMG] Romanus IV, CE 1068-1071 Class G anonymous follis, 29 x 24 mm, 5.0 gm Obv:...
By the way, did you notice that the article is by our favorite "entrepreneurial" eBayer, Mr. HighRatingLowPrice?
Hmm, that's going to be tough. It's Caracalla or Elagabalus since you can see ANTΩNI on the obverse. Can you give a guess for the reverse...
Thanks for that article, John! Coincidentally, today I've been working on finally photographing and attributing a group of Byzantines purchased...
Nice pun(jab), Steve! :D
A torque made of two clubs? I hadn't noticed that before. Neato!
Wow, nice drunken splurge! :D Somehow I have no coins depicting the god :(, but I do have one from a king named Dionysos. [IMG] Sicily,...
A coin from praetor Silanus featuring a mask of Silenus-- intentional word play? [IMG] MACEDON, under Roman rule Decimus Junius Silanus...
I'm family now? Awesome!! Shall I send you my Christmas wish list? :D [IMG]
I love it and the type! Not to nitpick, but aren't these usually shown with the crescent at the bottom, legend starting at 7:00?
Whaaaaat? The S word? You'd better not let your coins hear that. :D
What a fun coin! Cupid-on-Goat has been on my list for a while-- you nabbed a nice one :).
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