Dear friends, It's been some time since I last posted here but that does not mean I have forgotten this lovely community. So although I'm not actively collecting, buying, swapping or selling coins anymore since last December, I have not abandoned the field of Numismatics, quite the contrary I am as active as a researcher as ever. I open this thread to share with you: 1. my research and numismatic articles that will be available on Academia as I write/translate them into English here and 2. my personal writing project in which I will try to popularize aspects of Late Roman and Medieval history intertwined with numismatic context and considerations on more obscure historical details, so in fewer words, a history blog with focus on how facts and contexts appear from contemporary sources, epigraphic and numismatic sources, here All best, A.
Looking forward to your articles - I hope you post here when they're up. So did you give up on collecting, taking a break, or something else?
Yes, I'll post them here in this thread. I'll also translate my other numismatic articles in English and hopefully post them in good time too.
Hello everybody If anyone is interested in Late Empire lead sealings, this article discusses a tentative datation and identification of such interesting and very instrumental objects in the roman economy. Read the article here All best
Hello all again I've uploaded a new article which deals with the pro-Angevin Barons Revolt in Italy between 1459 and 1464 and how a small unassuming denaro tornese gives us interesting hints about one of the pro-Angevin barons who took arms against King Ferdinand of Naples. You can read the article here All best regards! A.
Hello, Here is a new article, on a more speculative note, as the subject matter is rather obscure and under-researched, although very interesting for those interested in understanding the monetary circulation and economy in the late Latin rule of Greece. It is called Jacques des Baux and the denier tournois in Greece in the late 14th century. The article synthesizes what is already known and hypothesized about these elusive issues, and a couple of my own speculations regarding them. I have noticed that not many colleagues are into Medieval and Crusader numismatics but I hope you enjoy reading this paper at least as much I enjoyed writing it Like usual, you can read it here All best regards
I just took a look at your blog. Very interesting. It's easy to tell how much work that's been puy into this. Congrats, and it's good to see you back here my friend.
Thank you The blog articles I keep as short and clear as possible and their purpose is first and foremost to popularize the interesting and mostly overlooked details that we sometimes get from the primary sources and from the numismatic research. It's the type of material that I would've wanted to read when I started studying the history of the Late Empire and feudal Europe. The numismatic articles I write for a rather small audience and that is OK. As I see them, they are exercises into rather uncharted numismatic fields with the goal of shining some light and bringing some interest to the more obscure and less discussed numismatic problems.
Your papers are very detailed. Excellent research! Your I hold a wolf by the ears blog is great! I'm looking forward to seeing more of your work.
Don't know how I overlooked your blog before...thought it was pretty interesting. I haven't checked out your papers yet. Have you been collecting at all lately?
I'm not collecting anymore but still into the research and once in a while I write numismatic articles on different subjects from the Late Empire to the Western European middle ages. Thanks!
I know nothing about this time period in history, but always appreciate a fine researched article with thought provoking details, references and a bibliography. [can you tell I am a librarian?]
Greece in the later part of the 14th century was a rather chaotic and dangerous place to be for lords and commoners alike. Because of that, coin circulation and the local economy were often interrupted by strife under Byzantine and Turkish encroachment. By that time the once successful and rich Frankish realms of the 13th century had devolved into lawlessness and bad administration.
Dear friends, I've written and uploaded another article. This one is called: "Theodore Mankaphas or Theodore Branas?" and deals with a controversy that numismatists interested in both Byzantine numismatics and Latin Empire numismatics are considering since the 1970s: the "Mankaphas trachy". I have outlined in this article what we know so far about the attribution of this issue and why I think the Branas hypothesis, although unconventional, should not be hastily discarded. You can read or download the article, as usual, from my academia page, here I suggest downloading for a better resolution and easier reading. All best
Glad they are of service. My hope is that these articles reach collectors and numismatists and maybe even inspire them to branch out to areas outside their comfort zone. God knows there's need for interested parties in the study of late Latin Greece tournois for instance. Or the early Byzantine Imperial bullae
