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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 3878121, member: 97383"]furryfrog02, Nice score & detective work <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I've bought a lot of nice coins from Harlan Berk over the years & anytime you can add his name to the provenance is a plus <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The last object I purchased from Harlan Berk is pictured below. It's a Byzantine bronze Enkolpion, 9th-11th century, probably made in Constantinople, 119 mm long. Unfortunately one of the guide rings on the bottom was broken off when someone attempted to open it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Never the less it is a beautiful & important artifact. The front side depicts Jesus Christ, & the back side depicts the Virgin Mary.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1024521[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1024527[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1024528[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 3878121, member: 97383"]furryfrog02, Nice score & detective work :D. I've bought a lot of nice coins from Harlan Berk over the years & anytime you can add his name to the provenance is a plus ;). The last object I purchased from Harlan Berk is pictured below. It's a Byzantine bronze Enkolpion, 9th-11th century, probably made in Constantinople, 119 mm long. Unfortunately one of the guide rings on the bottom was broken off when someone attempted to open it :(. Never the less it is a beautiful & important artifact. The front side depicts Jesus Christ, & the back side depicts the Virgin Mary. [ATTACH=full]1024521[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1024527[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1024528[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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