Byzantine coins is a huge subject but your use of the work 'classes' suggests you may be asking about the Anonymous Christ folles which are...
You might say the denarius was the dime of its day but unless you tell us whether you are referring to the good silver denarius of the third...
The Titus is a great coin. I found interest in my common, lower grade Vespasian because it shows the use of the laureate portrait even for the...
I do not have that set either. Oddly I have the three Western mints you lack but none of the Eastern three. I do not know why. Ticinum...
I apologize for misunderstanding the question. Do you actually think all ancient coins were valued the same when they were issued? Without know...
Thank you very much. When we who know not see something like this we worry that something like this might mean that the patina was fake and...
No Fair! You found a great snake biga with the bonus scorpion option. Someone here got my Carisius Sphinx when I was in an anti-Republican,...
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-fun-new-lot-of-alexandrian-tetradrachms.245794/#post-1907498 IMHO all new members of this group should...
I can add nothing to clarify but I fail to see how we could expect 30g out of a four when the small units see, to weigh as little as 2.5g to 4g....
I'm not sure what to make of my example. Is the lack of detail in the 'trench' at top and bottom from a die variation or from overly exuberant...
Maximinus I have some good Provincials, too. Alexandria tetradrachms [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Anchialus dolphin and fish - This city demonstrates a...
It is each buyer's job to learn to 'read' coin photos. This one was shot with light coming straight down from the camera which bounced the light...
Shorth answer: Not much. The only question harder to answer is why anyone would pay several times a coin's current value to have it slabbed....
I don't know the brand choice either but do find it disturbing that the recipe specifies 'real' anchovy paste (suggesting that someone is out...
As you read the above, filter out posts from people who did not understand that they were posting in the Ancients section and tell you how to deal...
https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/diffraction-photography.htm While fine for a large sensor (full frame 35mm), f/14 will run afoul of...
Honorius' version of the above coin: [ATTACH] Next: an AE2 or larger coin later than Honorius but before Anastasius
I'm confused. That large single photo does not strike me as all that bad IF it were a photo of the incuse reverse but, comparing the edges and...
It will be interesting to see what the currently popular 'toners' look like in another fifty years. Those of you who have 50 years left, let me...
How many XVI types are there? [ATTACH]
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