Many collectors have run across these in group lots, coin shows and local dealers, just noting them as a curiosity. The coins are far more...
Saint Tryphon was a Phrygian saint from the 3rd century, martyred during the Decian persecutions of 250-1. He is celebrated by both Eastern and...
Trachy or the plural Trachea, harsh words, ugly coin? These coins were more complex to make, simply because of the two strike process, we have...
[ATTACH] MICHAEL VIII PALAEOLOGOS (1261-1282). Stamenon/Trachy. Thessalonica. Obv: MP - ΘV / Half-length facing bust of the Theotokos (Virgin...
I came across a seller on eBay selling a large quantity of trachys. Their listing price was high but I was able to negotiate down and buy the 55...
Obv: O / AΓ / HOC / ΘEO / ΔP / O / C. Half-length figure of St. Theodore facing, holding lance over shoulder and shield. Rev: MANOVHΛ ΔECΠOT -...
Damietta, in the Eastern Nile Delta, was a high prize captured by the crusaders of the Fifth Crusade in November 1219 and was recognized as a...
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...
To most, the Latin issues of Crusader or Latin Constantinople are boring and attract no interest. When you see them on vcoins or in other places,...
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