Yeah, I mostly used the
Byzantine Excel file that's hosted here on
Romancoin.info. They have a tab for the
trachy cups in there.
Note, I'm no expert for sure, but the
Byzantine Excel files may not be as well scrubbed for errors as the
Roman ones are. They probably don't get as much use. One of my coins contradicted the file, but I was able to find the proper
type elsewhere. Overall, though,
Romancoin.info was very helpful, as usual.
I've only been able to fully attribute two of the five, and
had to surf around
Wildwinds and
Google Images a little, too, to get an idea of what these
types looked like, since most of my experience is late
Roman stuff.
Thankfully, they share a lot of symbolism with Eastern
Christian iconography, with which I have a
good deal of experience, so the religious personages and objects were pretty easy. Telling one secular ruler from another, though, has been pretty brutal.
I'm not up on Greek outside of what gets used on iconography and Late
Roman coins, so that makes it pretty challenging.
My batch were in pretty
good shape for this
type of coin ... looks like yours are, too. So that helps.
That silvery effect would be quite excellent if it works!
