As anyone who watches my posts will know by now, I love putting up pictures of my latest finds here in Dorset. These three were part of a lot I bought today in a private deal - the bulk was British Silver, but these were hiding in the midst. The first I need help with as I have no Byzantine books, and I suspect that is what this one is. Appears to read SANCT MARC V on one side. The second is Roman - I haven't got round to searching the books yet, and I will probably be able to track it down, but if anyone knows straight off, that would be great. It measures about 19.5mm across, and is very thick - nearly 4mm. The third looks fairly clearly to be Aurelian - but I thought a nice coin to share. !
i think the first one is a silver denar of late medieval hungary..or something very much like that. it isn't byzanatine.
No, first one is Venice. I'll give you a chance to dig around for it. Second is a Romano-Egyptian tetradrachm of Maximianus, dated year 4. The third is Aurelian, as you suggested. I'll leave that for someone else to practice on as well.
That's Great! Thanks all - I am out most of the rest of this week, so I will look further into your advice Ardatirion at the weekend.
