This might not be the prettiest coin in the world but it might have the coolest story to tell of all the coins I've bought this year! In a...
In 317, after the peace between Constantine and Licinius, the Western mints started issuing again in the name of the Eastern Augustus, even though...
My newest acquisition is an attractive Justinian follis minted in Antioch, when it was known as Theopolis. I've been turning more of my attention...
The early Crusader coinage from Antioch is very common nowadays, allowing for interesting specimens to always be available. Some time ago I wrote...
Just got in a Byzantine follis of Justin I minted in Nikomedia. For these early undated folles, the attribution process is fairly straightforward...
Due to the pandemic I find myself unable to sustain buying coins which is unfortunate as my numismatic interests helped a lot in my quest for...
Here's another coin procured in the recent FSR auction. A nephew and close adviser of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I, Justin II became...
In 1100 Tancred d'Hauteville (Tancredi d'Altavilla) was Prince of Galilee, his rule as vassal to the King of Jerusalem extending from Cayphas to...
Here's the last acquisition from the FSR auction, a follis of Constantine which is uncommonly well-struck with a deep and lustrous dark patina. I...
The Coinage Reform of Anastasius Just about all of us late roman bronze collectors have accumulated or handled late 4th and 5th century Roman...
This is an interesting and often overlooked type, that seems to get lost in the crowd of early to mid 310s base metal folles. It is also rather...
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 -...
Marked another white whale off my list, a Rome-mint Justinian follis. I love anything Italian Byzantine (and western Byzantine in general), and...
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