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<p>[QUOTE="Only a Poor Old Man, post: 7532154, member: 111037"]You may be surprised... The Byzantine empire is getting a lot more popular as of lately <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I would like to coincide it with new copper purchases, but as I have a couple in my radar, it hopefully shouldn't take long! I think I will touch upon charity, women's rights, and the hospital system which I find fascinating.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That is very kind of you, but I don't think I deserve such power to decide the fate of your book. There is no need for me to get involved, I imagine that anyone interested they will probably contact you directly <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Funnily enough, I just realised that I didn't say a word about them! I love them too, and they represent a very affordable solution to the current times of crazy auction prices. Byzantine copper is still affordable with some exceptions being very well preserved examples of A2 anonymous Follis or the massive Justinian ones. They seem to be very hot at the moment.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1300508[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Small coppers are a pain to photograph, and that was definitely the case with those two... They are lovely in hand and especially the pentanummion is an absolute darling. It is very well preserved (EF according to the seller). These are exactly the types of coins that were handled by the common people on a day to day basis. Tetradrachms and solidi are the types of coins that often got hoarded as soon as they were minted, but these little ones ended up in many pockets. That is why they rarely come in such great condition. The decanummion looks like it was clipped and probably started out as a higher denomination.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing I haven't mentioned in the write up is that I read somewhere that copper coins were not accepted as taxes. If I am not mistaken people had to go to moneyers (probably with bags full of coppers) to get them changed for gold currency. Any change due, they would get it back in coppers. Very profitable system for the government and of course for the moneyers who must have been filthy rich![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Only a Poor Old Man, post: 7532154, member: 111037"]You may be surprised... The Byzantine empire is getting a lot more popular as of lately :) I would like to coincide it with new copper purchases, but as I have a couple in my radar, it hopefully shouldn't take long! I think I will touch upon charity, women's rights, and the hospital system which I find fascinating. That is very kind of you, but I don't think I deserve such power to decide the fate of your book. There is no need for me to get involved, I imagine that anyone interested they will probably contact you directly :bookworm: Funnily enough, I just realised that I didn't say a word about them! I love them too, and they represent a very affordable solution to the current times of crazy auction prices. Byzantine copper is still affordable with some exceptions being very well preserved examples of A2 anonymous Follis or the massive Justinian ones. They seem to be very hot at the moment. [ATTACH=full]1300508[/ATTACH] Small coppers are a pain to photograph, and that was definitely the case with those two... They are lovely in hand and especially the pentanummion is an absolute darling. It is very well preserved (EF according to the seller). These are exactly the types of coins that were handled by the common people on a day to day basis. Tetradrachms and solidi are the types of coins that often got hoarded as soon as they were minted, but these little ones ended up in many pockets. That is why they rarely come in such great condition. The decanummion looks like it was clipped and probably started out as a higher denomination. One thing I haven't mentioned in the write up is that I read somewhere that copper coins were not accepted as taxes. If I am not mistaken people had to go to moneyers (probably with bags full of coppers) to get them changed for gold currency. Any change due, they would get it back in coppers. Very profitable system for the government and of course for the moneyers who must have been filthy rich![/QUOTE]
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