My Byzantine countermark/counterstamp collection doubled this week with a lot from eBay. They are all Heraclius so far, SB 882 and SB 884....
Hi all, I’m expanding my question from the Ancients Forum to the World Forum. See...
Knowledge is like money: to be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value. Louis...
[ATTACH] Hello. I got this awesome Byzantine (or is it, Romaioi?) coin in an NGC holder. I might have spent too much but i loved the color,...
Before collecting coins I was found of art history particularly Byzantium art and Roman art among other subjects, even I was following the art...
My first purchase this year was a batch of five Byzantine folles from eBay, otherwise undescribed. One was weird and worn with an odd reverse -...
This seemed a bit peculiar to me. A very tiny Byzantine Class B anonymous follis. At first I thought I'd found a unique half follis and I was...
My favorite coins of 2019. I am finding the longer I collect Eastern Roman coinage the more I am attracted the perfect or beautiful examples, for...
I recently came across an interesting book called Out of the Past, The Istanbul Grand Bazaar by Burton Y. Berry (Arco Publishing Co., 1977). Mr....
Hey guys I recently had some time to go through my coins and came across the little one. Upon detailed inspection I realized the symbol I was...
Marked another white whale off my list, a Rome-mint Justinian follis. I love anything Italian Byzantine (and western Byzantine in general), and...
I just got a batch of el-cheapo Byzantine coppers yesterday that made me as happy as a clam (clam emoji?) despite some cosmetic issues. The one...
Hello everyone. Having what is possibly my biggest sale ever on eBay: 21 lots. I have a good selection of Roman, Greek, and Byzantine coins going...
I am looking into the coins found at the Sutton Hoo burial and found this peculiar one. It is a Merovingian copy of a coin with a byzantine (or...
Got an unidentified lot of four ancients from eBay yesterday, which I bid on because of the decanummium that didn't look too bad. I couldn't ID...
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