Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 8121068, member: 110504&quot;]Many thanks, [USER=115035]@DiomedesofArgos[/USER], for the links (bookmarked).&nbsp; Here are a couple more of mine --recently posted, but at 11 pm and change, Pacific time, who&#039;s counting?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1413968[/ATTACH]</p><p>Another variant of the anonymous issue of the later 4th c., as posted by [USER=128351]@GinoLR[/USER] and [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER].&nbsp; The legends are all still in late Koine Greek; &#039;BACILEUS,&#039; followed by &#039;TOYTOAPECHTHXWPA&#039; (&#039;May this [the cross] please the people.&#039;)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1413976[/ATTACH]</p><p>My only complete (if clipped) &#039;ancient&#039; gold coin.*&nbsp; Kaleb, the king who was in sustained diplomatic contact with Justinian I, and who invaded a part of western Yemen in 525, ostensibly in defense of its Christian population, under a regime which was newly converted to Judaism.</p><p>Here, the legends are in blundered (sometimes retrograde) Koine Greek, apart from the two characters directly above the obverse crown, which are effectively Kaleb&#039;s monogram, in Ge&#039;ez.</p><p>*(Apart from some Islamic fractiononal dinars; from Sicily under nominal Fatimid rule, and the taifas of al Andalus; all c. 11th c. CE.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in