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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1817910, member: 56859&quot;]These arrived today.&nbsp; Long story, but in a nutshell I was gunning for any of many large lots of mixed silver Greeks an auction 5 weeks ago.&nbsp; Was crushed by the bidding which was many times higher than estimates.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Out of frustration, anger, and total lack of discipline I clicked bid when this relatively unloved lot was almost off the block.&nbsp; And won.</p><p><br /></p><p>Until today I had only 2 Byzantine coins-- both Christ folli.&nbsp; Now I have oodles.&nbsp; Time to crack out the Byz books!&nbsp; Oh wait, I have to buy some first <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; OK, the virtual Byz books.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins came in one big bag.&nbsp; There are 30 separate old paper envelopes with attributions, dealer&#039;s notes, etc.&nbsp; Judging from the envelopes and writing, it looks like these were all or mostly from one dealer or collector and the envelopes look rather old.&nbsp; Some have prices but I don&#039;t know whether those prices were in Euro, Deutsch Mark, or other, much less the year they were written.&nbsp; Step one will be matching the envelope to the coin.&nbsp; 32 coins, don&#039;t know which are missing envelopes.</p><p><br /></p><p>The tremissis is Constantine IV, not the most exciting coin for my first ancient gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sure I&#039;ll grow to love them all.&nbsp; Many are in better condition than I expected.</p><p><br /></p><p>Too tired to take better pictures tonight, these are phone shots.&nbsp; I picked up a few other individual coins at that auction and I&#039;ll photograph and post them this weekend.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]298085[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]298086[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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