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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;svessien, post: 4263367, member: 15481&quot;]I got a coin lot that I bought from Rauch today. 7 Roman coins and 2 Byzantine. The Roman coins were pretty &quot;meh&quot;, apart from a Licinius with Sol holding the head of Serapis on reverse and a pretty nice large AE from Valentinian.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Byzantine coins, however, were surprisingly mesmerizing. Probably not to a long term collector of Byzantine coins, but to me they were. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ok, so now I&#039;m in love with Byzantine coins. The numismatic Cupid works in mysterious ways. I have very litte litterature on these coins, though. Only &quot;Byzantine and early medieval coins in the Hunter coin cabinet&quot;. I&#039;m looking to get the Sear book o Byzantine coins, but I&#039;m not shelling out 150 bucks on amazon for it. Better to wait for a bargain.</p><p>Meanwhile, I would love to have recommendations of books and internet sites on Byzantine coins. I&#039;ve been doing some googling, but I&#039;m still pretty much in the dark with my coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe this is a Leo IV half follis? 25mm, and 7-8g:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1086191[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is an anonymous follis, but I don&#039;t know how to identify them:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1086192[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>So, as you can see, not great coins, but they appeal to me. I have been planning to quarantine my Roman collection for a time, and focus on other areas. Think I&#039;m going to start with the late Byzantine empire. After I have identified all my new old Greek AEs, that is.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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