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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24634763, member: 26430"]Ah, yes, I recognize that collection now that I see your forum gallery! (Good idea to link to your profile here, I will have to remember to do the same.) I especially remember seeing your Magnesia mint Tetartera when I was trying to learn about these types -- the cross-in-horseshoe John III, the 2 B's, and the Theodore with Fleur-de-Lis... Such interesting designs! Some really lovely Manuel Half Tetartera, too. </p><p><br /></p><p>I've always really loved the AE Tetarteron / Half Tetarteron coinage on an aesthetic level. Something about how they look. I just love the little busts with their "pointillist" quality.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting comments about the silver content. I've always wondered about certain ones in my collection if they aren't a bit billon-y.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nothing special here, but I took a group photo recently of some of ordinary halves I picked from budget group lots over the years just because they "look neat":</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1567160[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Simon Bendall was quite the impressive figure. Seems like he almost single-handedly made the Palaeologan coinage comprehensible (and collectible!).</p><p><br /></p><p>I see you have a couple ex-Bendall Collections in your gallery. I made a point of picking up one from his collection when CNG had the recent group starting in 2020. </p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, it's in typical condition for late Paleaologan coinage, hard to make out much of the obverse; at 25mm, 2.05g, though, it's by far the largest I've found of this specific type (of 17 published or in sales, all were 0.8-1.7g):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1567172[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><b>Andronicus II & Michael IX Æ Trachy</b> (25mm, 2.05 g, 6h), Class XXIV, Thessalonica mint, c. 1294-1320. </p><p><b>Obv:</b> Two concentric circles bisected by three vertical lines.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Andronicus and Michael standing facing, holding between them a staff surmounted by cross within ring. </p><p><b>Ref:</b> DOC 778-9; LPC p. 232, 6; PCPC 235 (type noted, but no specimen cataloged from his coll. in 1979); LBC 814; SB 2458; Ratto – ; <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/42668023" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/42668023" rel="nofollow">Bendall, "Hoard of Thessalonican Trachea"</a>: 12 specimens recorded (this coin possibly from the "US portion" of the hoard, examined in the stock of HJB, 2000, but not tabulated in the 2001 <i>NC</i> article).</p><p><b>Prov: </b>Ex <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7209030" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7209030" rel="nofollow">CNG ea 473, 458</a> [acq. in a group of unsold], from the Simon Bendall (1937-2019) Collection. </p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24634763, member: 26430"]Ah, yes, I recognize that collection now that I see your forum gallery! (Good idea to link to your profile here, I will have to remember to do the same.) I especially remember seeing your Magnesia mint Tetartera when I was trying to learn about these types -- the cross-in-horseshoe John III, the 2 B's, and the Theodore with Fleur-de-Lis... Such interesting designs! Some really lovely Manuel Half Tetartera, too. I've always really loved the AE Tetarteron / Half Tetarteron coinage on an aesthetic level. Something about how they look. I just love the little busts with their "pointillist" quality. Interesting comments about the silver content. I've always wondered about certain ones in my collection if they aren't a bit billon-y. Nothing special here, but I took a group photo recently of some of ordinary halves I picked from budget group lots over the years just because they "look neat": [ATTACH=full]1567160[/ATTACH] Simon Bendall was quite the impressive figure. Seems like he almost single-handedly made the Palaeologan coinage comprehensible (and collectible!). I see you have a couple ex-Bendall Collections in your gallery. I made a point of picking up one from his collection when CNG had the recent group starting in 2020. Unfortunately, it's in typical condition for late Paleaologan coinage, hard to make out much of the obverse; at 25mm, 2.05g, though, it's by far the largest I've found of this specific type (of 17 published or in sales, all were 0.8-1.7g): [ATTACH=full]1567172[/ATTACH] [INDENT][B]Andronicus II & Michael IX Æ Trachy[/B] (25mm, 2.05 g, 6h), Class XXIV, Thessalonica mint, c. 1294-1320. [B]Obv:[/B] Two concentric circles bisected by three vertical lines. [B]Rev:[/B] Andronicus and Michael standing facing, holding between them a staff surmounted by cross within ring. [B]Ref:[/B] DOC 778-9; LPC p. 232, 6; PCPC 235 (type noted, but no specimen cataloged from his coll. in 1979); LBC 814; SB 2458; Ratto – ; [URL='https://www.jstor.org/stable/42668023']Bendall, "Hoard of Thessalonican Trachea"[/URL]: 12 specimens recorded (this coin possibly from the "US portion" of the hoard, examined in the stock of HJB, 2000, but not tabulated in the 2001 [I]NC[/I] article). [B]Prov: [/B]Ex [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7209030']CNG ea 473, 458[/URL] [acq. in a group of unsold], from the Simon Bendall (1937-2019) Collection. [/INDENT][/QUOTE]
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