Very nice additions, Doug! I may run counter to most, but I least prefer Byz. gold to the copper, or especially, the silver. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Sallent, a very moving story; thank you for sharing it and God bless you.
Gavin, nice to meet a fellow Classicist!
Thank you for your nice reply, Curtisimo! As you add Byzantine to your collection, I would love to see them. All kindest regards, Mike
What a nice suggestion to introduce ourselves! In a lifetime spent studying ancient coins, the greatest benefit it has given me is the lifelong...
Nice catch, Warren! Here are a few of my Phocas pieces exhibiting different styles, plus a few non-Phocas coins with prominent cross (if not...
Very interesting! Here is my sestertius of the Arabia Adquisita issue. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I'm glad you like it. I only wish it were Byzantine, my main interest, but I don't think that medieval "Greek" coins were of interest to the...
Yes it is. Even my archaeologist colleagues couldn't dispute that!
Attached is a photo of a Nerva Sestertius in my collection. More worn than I usually collect, but having a nice early Gonzaga collection inlaid...
I've only got my Byzantine photos at the office, so I may have only one or two scrappy Palaeologan coins with a horse motif, but here's a holed,...
Here are 2 of mine, from the East Harptree hoard discovered in 1887. The hoard, consisting of 1,496 silver coins covering the reigns of...
Very enjoyable post and historical summary! My university library, a comprehensive collection of 270,000 books on all aspects of ancient Greece,...
Actually, there is a little wear on the cheek as well as a small scratch to the right of the emperor's nose, but still, it's an attractive coin,...
I'm glad I'm not the only one to create multiple posts! You've got some wonderful coins, too. Your "Eclectic Box" collection is superb. The dealer...
The Basiliscus and Marcus is the rarest. It was acquired in the 1950s and I have not seen another offered since.
Always nice to see late Roman coins. Here are a few of my tremisses and a semissis. In order of pictures, Pulcheria, Leo, Leo II & Zeno, Zeno,...
I smile at these posts because I deal with the same issue, and I never notice the hair or whatever until I view the photo I have taken. And with 3...
Some very nice looking horseman. Here are 2 of mine, Severus II and Constantine I.[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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