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Title: Alex's Gallery
Post by: *Alex on August 25, 2018, 08:14:54 am
I have just added a couple of medieval hammered coins to my gallery, this is a new direction for me.

Elizabeth I
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-148815

Alexander III
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-151448

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: stevex6 on August 25, 2018, 11:31:05 am
Very cool additions ... congrats, *Alex

 +++ +++
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery - an English Dollar
Post by: *Alex on August 27, 2018, 09:38:42 am
A Dollar coin struck in England

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-148955

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery - An interesting "farthing"
Post by: *Alex on August 28, 2018, 11:43:45 am
For anyone interested in British coins I just thought I would draw your attention to this interesting "farthing" struck under Charles II.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-149003

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: quadrans on August 28, 2018, 04:26:32 pm
I have just added a couple of medieval hammered coins to my gallery, this is a new direction for me.

Elizabeth I
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-148815

Alexander III
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-151448

Alex

Great coins, Alex,  ;) +++

I always enjoy the medieval coins :)

Regards

Q.
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery - a hole in one.
Post by: *Alex on October 16, 2018, 07:15:36 am
It is very difficult to get a decent portrait on these coins so I do not mind the hole at all. Especially since it made the coin more affordable.  ;)

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-150195

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: quadrans on October 30, 2018, 08:25:50 pm
Hi, Alex,

Congratulation... ;) :) +++


I'm glad that more people like mediaeval coins here in the forum..., good to know...

 Regards
 Q.
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: *Alex on October 31, 2018, 08:03:24 am
Thanks Joe, they are a fresh and new interest for me which I am quite enjoying.

Alex.
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery - Another Henry for my medieval gallery.
Post by: *Alex on November 07, 2018, 01:21:26 pm
Henry the sixth.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-150774

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: quadrans on November 07, 2018, 03:54:18 pm
Great  +++

Joe
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: *Alex on November 10, 2018, 12:27:32 pm
Thanks Joe.

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery - The ugliest coin I have ever bought ...
Post by: *Alex on November 13, 2018, 02:21:08 pm
One of the worst produced coins I have ever bought.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-150938

Henry II 'Tealby' Penny. Enjoy its beauty.  ;D

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: quadrans on November 13, 2018, 07:47:20 pm
 ;) +++

Q.
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: Potator II on November 18, 2018, 11:21:55 am
Some wonderful coins out there
I second Quadrans, we want more medieval !!!

JC
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: quadrans on November 18, 2018, 12:43:56 pm
Some wonderful coins out there
I second Quadrans, we want more medieval !!!

JC

Hi JC, we do it  ;) +++,

Q.
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: *Alex on November 23, 2018, 09:43:39 am
Another coin added to my gallery. The Commonwealth of England.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-151290

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: stevex6 on November 23, 2018, 01:47:02 pm
Wow => cool shields (congrats *Alex)

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Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: *Alex on November 23, 2018, 05:53:44 pm
Thanks Steve, these hammered coins are something of a novelty for me, and a refreshing change after collecting Roman coins for more than fifty years.

Alex 
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: quadrans on November 23, 2018, 05:56:01 pm
Thanks Steve, these hammered coins are something of a novelty for me, and a refreshing change after collecting Roman coins for more than fifty years.

Alex 

 +++

Q.
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery - A milled coin added to my hammered gallery ....
Post by: *Alex on December 01, 2018, 09:26:53 am
Charles I

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-151447

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: quadrans on December 01, 2018, 02:55:30 pm
Hoops, Alex, great coin with a great history,   +++ +++

Joe
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: stevex6 on December 01, 2018, 09:27:22 pm
Love the thistle ... congrats on adding another cool coin

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Title: Re: Alex's Gallery - Another Edward
Post by: *Alex on December 10, 2018, 12:05:22 pm
Another medieval coin for those who have come out the woodwork and admitted that they like them too.  :D

Edward IV

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-151734

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: quadrans on December 10, 2018, 12:20:59 pm
Alex, You are Great,  +++ ;) ;D

Joe/Q.

p.s.
Great coin... +++
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: Stkp on December 10, 2018, 05:31:37 pm
Alex, I don't believe that I came across this thread before (although I have noticed some of the coins that you posted). There are a few of us medievalists who are not lurking in the woodwork who greatly appreciate these coins. Keep them coming! Stkp
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: *Alex on December 10, 2018, 05:59:36 pm
Thanks Joe and Stkp.  +++

I don't think that there will be any more now until after Xmas. Maybe.  ::)

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: Carausius on December 14, 2018, 11:18:14 am
Very nice coin and write-up, Alex.  Sadly, I deaccessioned my English hammered coins via consignment to Forum a few years ago. My collecting resources were spread too thin, and I wanted to focus on the Roman Republic. I still find the English hammered series very interesting.
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: *Alex on December 14, 2018, 12:45:39 pm
Thanks ... that really is it for this year.  ;)

Alex.
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: stevex6 on December 14, 2018, 01:40:52 pm
Nice => great finale to the year (congrats)

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Title: Re: Alex's Gallery - First Medieval for 2019.
Post by: *Alex on January 07, 2019, 10:46:37 am
Henry VII sitting comfortably.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-152290

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: stevex6 on January 07, 2019, 10:56:05 am
Hmmm? => so far, 2019 is lookin' pretty fricken good for you, my coin-friend (congrats on that sweet addition)

 +++

Cheers

Title: Re: Alex's Gallery - First Medieval for 2019.
Post by: quadrans on January 07, 2019, 11:17:58 am
Henry VII sitting comfortably.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-152290

Alex

I like your medieval coins :)

Joe/Q.
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery - New Medieval.
Post by: *Alex on January 15, 2019, 10:54:04 am
Another "new" medieval coin for 2019.  James IV of Scotland.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-152618

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: quadrans on January 15, 2019, 03:21:44 pm
Great addition... +++

Joe/Q.
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: *Alex on January 15, 2019, 05:14:43 pm
Thanks Joe. I am glad that you like it.

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: Stkp on January 15, 2019, 11:28:43 pm
It is always nice to see Scottish hammered. Stkp
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: *Alex on January 16, 2019, 07:23:50 am
Yes stkp, they are thin on the ground for some reason. But maybe I am in the right place to look for them.  ;D

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: Stkp on January 16, 2019, 09:29:14 am
I hadn't realized that you were from Scotland. I spent a few days there this summer, and saw a number of hammered Scottish coins in one of the museums in Edinburgh. Stkp
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery - Mary, Mary, quite contrary ...
Post by: *Alex on August 17, 2019, 12:50:27 pm
This is the latest addition to my Medieval hammered coins gallery which I am quite pleased to have and I hope that other collectors interested in medieval coins will like it too.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-157431

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: quadrans on August 17, 2019, 03:24:43 pm
Nice find, Alex   +++

Joe/Q.
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: stevex6 on August 18, 2019, 09:01:30 am
Pretty cool addition ... I love the Crowned thistle

 +++
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: *Alex on August 18, 2019, 12:05:08 pm
Thanks Joe and Steve.

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: *Alex on September 14, 2019, 09:21:55 am
King John in his own name.

I confess to being really quite pleased with this one because it has full legends and a decent portrait.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-157855

Alex.
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: *Alex on September 18, 2019, 07:05:47 am
Another medieval. This time Richard II.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-157909

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: quadrans on October 12, 2019, 03:29:37 pm
Some nice medieval coin,  Alex,   +++

 Joe
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: *Alex on October 12, 2019, 06:56:25 pm
Thanks Joe.
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery - More Medieval Scottish coins
Post by: *Alex on November 19, 2019, 05:32:23 pm
Added three medieval Scottish coins to my Hammered coins Gallery.

Robert II
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-158658

James III
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-158751

James VI
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-158657

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: quadrans on November 20, 2019, 08:07:23 am
Nice additions, Alex I like it ... :) +++

 Joe
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: *Alex on November 20, 2019, 11:01:07 am
Thanks Joe. I don't think that there are many collectors interested in Scottish coins. Which is good.  ;)

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: Stkp on November 30, 2019, 12:30:53 am
I don't think that there are many collectors interested in Scottish coins.

The interest outside Scotland would be greater if they were more avilable and less pricey. But I always enjoy seeing them. Stkp
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: quadrans on November 30, 2019, 04:44:59 am
I don't think that there are many collectors interested in Scottish coins.

The interest outside Scotland would be greater if they were more avilable and less pricey. But I always enjoy seeing them. Stkp

I agree. 👍😀

Joe/Q.
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery - Last Medieval of the decade.
Post by: *Alex on December 28, 2019, 10:59:13 am
Latest addition to my medieval gallery, a Christmas present to myself.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-159379

Seasons Greetings to everyone.

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: Stkp on December 28, 2019, 12:08:21 pm
Santa was kind to you! Stkp
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: quadrans on December 29, 2019, 07:05:50 am
Nice surprise,  ;) ;D +++


Joe/Q.
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: *Alex on December 29, 2019, 09:05:48 am
Thanks Stkp and Joe.
Best Wishes,

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery - Yet another Henry ...
Post by: *Alex on January 19, 2020, 09:21:43 am
Another Henry II added to my medieval gallery.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-159707

Alex

Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: okidoki on January 19, 2020, 11:10:40 am
Dear Alex,

nice find you have here, what are the (  ) on his bust side burns?
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: *Alex on January 19, 2020, 12:39:30 pm
Dear Alex,

nice find you have here, what are the (  ) on his bust side burns?


 ;D

That is his hair, two curls on the left and five curls on the right (there ARE five if you look closely enough  :)). It is one of the ways used to distinguish that this coin was actually struck by Henry II amid all the other rulers who issued coins around this time all in the name of Henry.  ;)

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery - a Scottish game of thrones.
Post by: *Alex on January 26, 2020, 12:50:11 pm
My latest medieval - David II, son of Robert the Bruce.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-159841

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: quadrans on January 30, 2020, 11:52:41 am
I like this... +++

 Joe
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery - Anglo-Saxon father and son
Post by: *Alex on February 06, 2020, 07:51:13 am
EANRED, the father.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-159947

ÆTHELRED II, the son

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-163322

Dipping my toe into another new area of collecting.

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: quadrans on February 06, 2020, 01:10:45 pm
Interesting coins, Alex,  +++

 Joe
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: *Alex on February 06, 2020, 05:14:28 pm
Thanks Joe, I think so too.

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: Carausius on February 06, 2020, 05:20:38 pm
Alex - how were you able to insert that map in your text?  I didn't know it was possible to include images within the text.
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: Mark R1 on February 06, 2020, 06:27:53 pm
Nice coin.
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: Simon on February 06, 2020, 10:12:12 pm
Nice Gallery's Alex. Beautiful collection.
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery - Before the Armada
Post by: *Alex on September 05, 2020, 09:05:07 am
Before Elizabeth I and the Spanish Armada Philip II already ruled England.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-165231

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on September 05, 2020, 05:02:41 pm
That was his problem. He'd ruled jointly with his wife Mary, then she died, and he lost a chunk of his empire. Like most emperors, he didn't like it much.
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery - RIN TIN TIN
Post by: *Alex on November 30, 2020, 08:59:02 am
At last I've managed to fill a gap in my Britannia gallery.

James II tin farthing

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-166796

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: quadrans on December 01, 2020, 03:12:11 pm
Hi Alex...

Not an everyday coin... ;) +++

 Joe
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery - Who's the Daddy!
Post by: *Alex on March 03, 2021, 09:56:18 am
Philip II, father of Alexander the Great.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-168560

Gone over to the darkside and adding to my exceedingly small Greek coin gallery.  :)

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery - Alexander the Great's Grampa
Post by: *Alex on March 12, 2021, 08:09:06 am
Amyntas III, Father of Philip II and Grandfather of Alexander the Great.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-168833

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery - Who's the Daddy!
Post by: Enodia on March 13, 2021, 04:46:02 pm

"Gone over to the darkside and adding to my exceedingly small Greek coin gallery.  :) "


We have baklava!  👹  

Nice coin, and I love the patina.

~ Peter

Title: Re: Alex's Gallery - No awards for its classical beauty - but I like it
Post by: *Alex on July 25, 2021, 05:46:25 am
My latest aquisition, one of the first coins produced in Britain.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=171364

Alex

See also https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=125806.0
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: Tracy Aiello on July 25, 2021, 09:35:59 am
Alex,

Great coin. I find these abstract representations fascinating.

Tracy
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: *Alex on July 25, 2021, 09:50:56 am
Thanks Tracy.

I also think that their designs are interesting, I think that the abstract designs must be deliberate rather than the inability to copy the original coin design. It's odd though how the designs degraded over the years. Perhaps though, if the coins were used primarily as offerings to the gods, accuracy of design was not thought to be necessary or important.

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery - No awards for its classical beauty - but I like it
Post by: quadrans on July 26, 2021, 10:59:21 am
My latest aquisition, one of the first coins produced in Britain.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=171364

Alex

See also https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=125806.0


Great coin, Alex   +++

 Congratulation   ;)

Joe
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: *Alex on July 26, 2021, 01:10:25 pm
Thanks Joe

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery - A couple of Iron Age additions.
Post by: *Alex on September 08, 2021, 12:20:44 pm
Durotriges
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=171457

Iceni
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=171983

*Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: Virgil H on September 08, 2021, 11:28:00 pm
I like both these coins, especially the Iceni and your explanation of these issues.
Virgil
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: *Alex on September 09, 2021, 09:43:44 am
Thanks Virgil.

*Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: *Alex on October 03, 2021, 01:52:09 pm
New Greek - and the smallest coin in my collection. I can't imagine how it managed to survive for the last 2500 years.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=172469

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: Jay GT4 on October 03, 2021, 02:27:29 pm
Great tiny coin!
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: Tracy Aiello on October 03, 2021, 05:02:03 pm
Outstanding coin. Love those fractionals.

Tracy
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: *Alex on October 04, 2021, 08:07:04 am
Thanks Tracy and Jay. If nothing else it is conclusive proof to me that the die sinker must have used some form of magnification to enable him to engrave the design. I almost needed a magnifying glass just to pick it up.  ;D

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery - First coin for 2022
Post by: *Alex on January 02, 2022, 09:37:28 am
My first coin of 2022

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=173816

James V of Scotland

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: Jay GT4 on January 02, 2022, 11:49:06 am
You're off to a great start!
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: Ron C2 on January 02, 2022, 12:04:30 pm
Out of curiosity, did you purchase it in 2022, or take delivery of it in 2022? :)
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: *Alex on January 02, 2022, 12:48:11 pm
I actually took delivery of it on 30th December 2021, but since I didn't get round to photographing it until this morning I thought that was near as damn it to 2022 for my post.  ;D

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: *Alex on December 20, 2022, 07:16:35 am
Wow, doesn't time fly. I hadn't realised that it's been almost a year since I posted any updates here on my gallery.

I bought my first Byzantine coin in June last year and have since started a small gallery of Justinian I issues, the last one being a scarce "Victory" Decannumium struck in Carthage. https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=179163

I have also added a few Roman coins, amongst others, throughout the year to my "Britain - Hammered" coins gallery. https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=6781

These are the two galleries that are taking up my attention at the moment.

Regards and Merry Xmas,

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery - Latest Additions
Post by: *Alex on January 22, 2023, 10:06:02 am
A couple of the latest additions to my gallery:

To my BRITAIN - HAMMERED COINS gallery:
Septimius Severus:  https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=179995
Tasciovanus:  https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=179652

And to my BYZANTINE - JUSTINIAN I gallery: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=179996

 *Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: Virgil H on January 22, 2023, 03:15:41 pm
All very nice, I love Celtic horses. Historically, the Severus coin is super interesting, as well as lovely design.

Virgil
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: *Alex on January 22, 2023, 06:52:49 pm
Thanks Virgil. I have found this gallery a really interesting one for me seeing how the coinage in Britain has evolved over time. And, although there are massive gaps in it, I have learned a lot from collecting the coins that are in it as many of these coins were never in my radar for most of my collecting life. I had always been focused on Roman coins but now I am fascinated by those other periods and wish I had become aware of them sooner. The Byzantine coinage is another collecting area that is completely new to me, but there I am strictly limiting myself to the coinage of Justinian.

*Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: Virgil H on January 22, 2023, 07:39:45 pm
Alex, I totally get it, my interests are so wide it can be a hindrance, but I have accepted it. All coins are interesting in their own ways. British hammered is an area I love, but I really don't buy coins in that category. That doesn't mean I don't like them. LOL. My interests with coins I do buy is too wide, but I will just keep getting the coins I love when I find them and can afford them. Your gallery is a great one.

Virgil
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery - Latest Additions
Post by: quadrans on January 24, 2023, 02:13:08 am
A couple of the latest additions to my gallery:

To my BRITAIN - HAMMERED COINS gallery:
Septimius Severus:  https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=179995
Tasciovanus:  https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=179652

And to my BYZANTINE - JUSTINIAN I gallery: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=179996

 *Alex

Great additions *Alex 👍🤗

Joe
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: *Alex on January 24, 2023, 09:09:28 am
Thanks Joe, I thought I'd have lots of time on my hands once I retired to just sit back and relax but it is only now, sixteen years later, that I am finally managing to find a few precious moments to pursue my hobby.  ;D

*Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: quadrans on January 24, 2023, 12:59:23 pm
It's never too late Alex... ;) :)
I would have been retired for more than 12 years, but the University and research are reactivating again and again, so numismatics sometimes has to wait... :( :azn:
Sometimes when I have some free time, it's nice to relax with it... :) ;) +++

Joe
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery - Trinovantes
Post by: *Alex on January 28, 2023, 11:50:33 am
Latest addition

Iron-age Trinovantian coin of Dubnellovaunus 

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=180067

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: quadrans on January 28, 2023, 02:48:14 pm
Nice addition ... +++

Joe
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: Virgil H on January 28, 2023, 05:54:39 pm
That is a really nice addition.

Virgil
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery - Byzantine
Post by: *Alex on February 23, 2023, 10:28:23 am
New addition to my Byzantine gallery.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=180734

Thanks for looking. (If you have looked.  ;D)

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: *Alex on December 16, 2023, 12:52:21 pm
For those interested in the Byzantine period,  this rare 120 Nummi coin is among several recent additions to my Byzantine Gallery.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=185444

Thanks for looking,

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: Serendipity on December 16, 2023, 03:01:50 pm
Always interested in Byzantine coins and their history despite owning just one gold histamenon. Paradoxically, Byzantine silver, generally, is significantly rarer than the gold, electrum, billon or copper coins of that empire. I love your collection of British coins naturally as a Londoner. I try hard to hide that fact behind my eclectic collection of ancient and world coins. I don't know if I'm fooling anyone in that respect. However, I do have a genuine interest in Americana and world coins as well as ancient coins.
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: v-drome on December 16, 2023, 03:04:33 pm
Amazing.  I checked the excavation reports from the JECM (Joint Expedition to Caesarea Maritima) from 1971-1987.  Of the nearly 600 early Byzantine coins recorded, not a single one was silver, and only one was gold.  Great rarities, all of yours.

Best regards, Jimi
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: Serendipity on December 16, 2023, 03:40:08 pm
Amazing.  I checked the excavation reports from the JECM (Joint Expedition to Caesarea Maritima) from 1971-1987.  Of the nearly 600 early Byzantine coins recorded, not a single one was silver, and only one was gold.  Great rarities, all of yours.

Best regards, Jimi

Yes, indeed! There is a very interesting CoinWeek article by the inimitable Mike Markowitz that addresses the paradox of Byzantine silver. Surely, we expect silver coins to be more abundant and less valuable than gold ones because of the uneven silver/gold ratio. Paradoxically, Byzantine gold is often common and Byzantine silver coins usually scarce, sometimes almost non-existent.

https://coinweek.com/coinweek-ancient-coin-series-paradox-byzantine-silver/
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: *Alex on December 17, 2023, 11:58:46 am
Thanks everyone.
 
I have collected Roman coins for a very long time, over 60 years, and I have been interested in British coins for almost as long. However. I only started collecting Byzantine coins, specifically Justinian I, last year and reading about and finding those coins has been a welcome occupation for me.

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: Jay GT4 on December 17, 2023, 12:26:01 pm
It's nice to switch it up every once in a while.  Keeps it fresh.
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: *Alex on February 28, 2024, 07:14:40 am
Latest addition to my "BRITAIN - Hammered Coins" gallery. Another VICTORIAE BRIT, this time Caracalla.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=186178

Alex
Title: Re: Alex's Gallery
Post by: Jay GT4 on February 28, 2024, 09:16:25 am
Great reverse!  Looks like Victory is taking charge!