Christina, Allow me to offer some advice from personal experience, only buy Byzantine gold coins from a trusted source who will guarantee...
Christina, Welcome to CT :happy:! It's great to see another Byzantine collector show-up on CT. I like your Justinian 40 nummi bronze from the...
Terence, all 10 coins are gems :jawdrop:! The stater from Rhodes with the portrait of Apollo is my favorite :D. This is Greek portraiture at its...
Q, It looks like you did well again this year :D! The electrum stater gets my top vote. Lovely portraits & toning :happy:. The handsome Decius Tet...
James, Great additions added this year :D! The Owl leads the parade :happy:, followed by the unusual Lampsakos diobol. Lovely die work for a tiny...
svessien, The Byzantine Histamenon Nomisma is my favorite, followed by the Claudius denarius, & Pulcher denarius. Great additions for the year :D!
Orfew, Great additions for your collection this year :D! I like large silver coins so #10, the Cistophorus of Domitian is my favorite, followed by...
ancientone, Nice variety of interesting coins :D. My favorite is tiny Calabria silver coin :). Amazing detail on both sides for a coin with a 10...
Ryro, Great selections for an unusual & fascinating specialty :D! The Whorl Shield bronze is my favorite, followed by the Flaminius denarius, &...
It seems that Diocletian had second thoughts about the loyalty of Constantius, especially since there were so many power grabs going on in the...
James, It would be good to know what price the coin was offered to you for purchase o_O? I'm not qualified to offer a sound opinion on the coins...
M.M., Nice score :D! I agree with Poor Old Man, the photos in hand are superior to the 1st photos :happy:. I sold my last scyphate some time ago,...
Alwin, I don't know what you mean by "dark year from a numismatic point of view"o_O, but there is nothing dark about your impressive selection of...
Nice score John :D! This one looks FDC. Did the Visigoths mint any gold coins larger than this denomination o_O?
Tyler, I have no interest in this coin type, however, I enjoyed reading your study :D. If I stumble on one of these coins in the future at least...
zumbly, You did well again this year :D! My #1 favorite is the drachm of Antinous. What a lovely example, & the coin has more importance being...
IMP Shogun, You acquired an excellent variety of choice Roman coins this year :D! My favorite is the gold solidus of Honorius. I have a coin of...
otlichnik, You raise a good point, this painting style was popular in Alexandria, Egypt & as robinjojo points out was common in southern Italy...
John, the attraction to coinage like this needs no explanation ;). Great artwork and engraving speaks for itself :D.
The Corning Museum of Glass recently purchased an important & extremely rare medallion made of glass, see photo below. Only about 2 dozen similar...
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