I came home to three new coins, I quickly photographed them and posted the one above and went to bed. Here is my second acquisition to share,...
I recently acquired this little gem. It is an Alexius Comnenus I post reform billion trachy. It is little underweight 23mm and 3.1 gm . SBCV...
[ATTACH] Very messy but that is most of my coin books except bottom shelf, most of those are my wifes, ( Eros in Pompeii is mine.) lol
Interesting coin Seth, i am traveling for work so i cannot correctly attribute (no books) . At a glance i would guess Isaac Commenus usurper or a...
My winning lot was one of the last to be auctioned , I got my invoice about a week after the auction.
FYI I just went to SixBid, they have redesigned the site and now they have an excellent search tool for previous auctions. They call it SixBid...
I paraphrased the actual philosophy. Here is the info I had posted in another thread. However, like all talents I believed the engravers started...
That was not because a lack of talent , in fact Byzantine art at the same time was very beautiful. It was done because of the old Greek philosophy...
Since I will own both examples, I will put them side by side when I receive the new one from the auction house.The issues from Thessalonica should...
[ATTACH] 1981A MANUEL AE HALF TETARTERON S-1981 DOC 24 CLBC 4.4.12 BROCKAGE OBV Bust of Christ bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion;...
@Milesofwho i must agree. I really like that beautiful Alexius at the end. Beautifully silvered on the reverse. It is difficult to find well...
[ATTACH] Nice example of a common coin. Like most Byzantine collectors I started with Roman Imperial. I then got hooked on Byzantine coinage...
Congratulations especially since you know it is John III now. Here is a coin I just won last week at auction, I am waiting to receive from...
We rarely see Alexius trachea but he was the one who started created concaved coinage in billion after the coin reform. They tend to be not...
Need some more detail to attribute, it very well could be an Alexius III trachy but we need to see at least their attire to confirm that.
Nice, this legend means it was minted after 1197 when he adopted the Comnenus name for prestige purposes.
Alexius III ruled the Byzantine empire from 1195 to 1203. The result of his rule was the fall of Constantinople to the Latins. During his brief...
This must be causing huge headaches out there with collectors and sixbid. I just received a personalized email this morning from sixbid warning...
[ATTACH] Here is 11.20.2. . The beard on the reverse seems to match.
[ATTACH] This is what i thought it was. The number from Naumann is correct 11.20.2 depicts st John the Baptist on one side and St. Nicholas on...
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