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dolcinus

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Re: Rare Byzantine coins in your collection
« Reply #50 on: April 20, 2008, 10:20:35 am »
Thnak you Byzantium  :)
you got informations about imitation of byzantine coins from Rome mint?
I don't believe so  :)
Anyway the reverse  :reversedN: is quite common in italian and roman mints  ;)
I'm searching also images of these coins, can you help me to find them?

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Re: Rare Byzantine coins in your collection
« Reply #51 on: April 20, 2008, 11:09:04 am »
Very often retrograde letters like on your coin indicate the possibility of "irregular" mints
but after looking through the reference books I guess your coin is Imperial.

I have found a similar coin from year 15 sold through CNG some time ago:

I have also checked the fotos in the standard reference works and found one moreÊ similar coin with retrograde NN
It is Tolstoj 437, also struck in year 15
Unfortunately I do not read Russian and thus cannot tell you what he writes about this coin.

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Foto from CNG, 152. Electronic auction, lot 242

dolcinus

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Re: Rare Byzantine coins in your collection
« Reply #52 on: April 20, 2008, 11:35:14 am »
thank you Byz  :)

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Re: Rare Byzantine coins in your collection
« Reply #53 on: August 09, 2008, 07:17:05 am »
Hi! I have some unpublished trachy. For exemple, this two trachy of Isaac II with two stars in the field, near the emperor. In the first trachy, the two stars are both below under right arm of Isaac. In the second, the two stars are in both side of emperor.

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Re: Rare Byzantine coins in your collection
« Reply #54 on: August 26, 2008, 10:15:45 pm »
Wonderful

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Re: Rare Byzantine coins in your collection
« Reply #55 on: December 02, 2008, 08:16:39 am »
A coin that has always fascinated me is Sear 85A, a Justin I follis of Nicomedia with manus Dei holding diadem above emperor´s head.
I bought it more than 10 years ago as a "barbaric imitation" 



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Re: Rare Byzantine coins in your collection
« Reply #56 on: December 02, 2008, 01:24:17 pm »
Great coin :o
Here is a special coin from my collection  ;D
Iustinus and Iustinianus follis Kyzicus mint, Sear 128A
The only specimen I know without a retrograde Z at KYZ
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Re: Rare Byzantine coins in your collection
« Reply #57 on: February 08, 2009, 07:48:10 am »
Hi i have coin №4 from this site  http://members.ozemail.com.au/~chrisandpeter/coins/coins.html
4 = 'anonymous' follis Class A Folles' target='_blank'>Class A2, attributed to Basil II (976-1025).  What is the price actually of this coin?

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« Reply #58 on: February 08, 2009, 02:23:17 pm »
Hi i have coin №4 from this site  http://members.ozemail.com.au/~chrisandpeter/coins/coins.html
4 = 'anonymous' follis Class A Folles' target='_blank'>Class A2, attributed to Basil II (976-1025).  What is the price actually of this coin and is it rare?

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Re: Rare Byzantine coins in your collection
« Reply #59 on: March 16, 2009, 06:48:10 am »
In average condition $10-$20
In VF condition $40-80
As in the drawing you submitted could reach $150-200
Very common coin
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Re: Rare Byzantine coins in your collection
« Reply #60 on: June 22, 2009, 02:32:31 pm »
One of the new additions in my collection.
Andronicus III AE Trachy, Thessalonica mint.
Obv Paleologan monogam
Rev St Demetrius and emperor holding large lis on stuff.
Not in Sear. (Grierson 1473)

PS According to our friend "glebe" Ross Glanfield, this is an Andronicus II coin

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Re: Rare Byzantine coins in your collection
« Reply #61 on: June 30, 2009, 12:22:21 am »
I found a rare Byzantine coin online this week.  Focas 30 nummi, Cyzicus, Sear 666.  The coin is pretty worn, but I like the cadaverous looking face -- perfect for this Emperor. 

I thought I was going to pick it up on the cheap for $11.50, but someone swooped in and bid it up to $164 with only seconds remaining.  This time I had a higher maximum bid - barely.   ;D   Maybe the other bidder was someone else who reads this board???
 

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Re: Rare Byzantine coins in your collection
« Reply #62 on: June 30, 2009, 02:56:00 am »
I need to dig up the coin and photograph it sometime - I have what may be a 1/2 follis of Constantine VII.  It would be interesting to get a consensus whether it's a true 1/2 follis or a cut-down regular.  Last time I looked at it, I thought the dies were slightly smaller than a regular follis.

I also was lucky to receive as a Christmas present the same type (not this particular coin, but same type) as http://www.byzantinecoins.com/10917o.jpg

I think the Maurice Grierson's Rome style follis is relatively rare, too.

I have one of the "neatly clipped" Aspron Trachea of Manuel, which don't seem to be super-common. 

Cool Phocas, by the way, I have one from Constantinople, which I picked up a few years ago for a relative bargain, although I can't remember from whom I bought it.



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Re: Rare Byzantine coins in your collection
« Reply #63 on: September 01, 2009, 05:27:41 pm »
As you may know, there have been noted some rare specimens of John II AE half tetarteron, Sear 1954, where Christ is depicted
with his right hand raised in benediction while at the normal coin  both his hands hold the book of Gospels.
Recently I found a specimen with the raised hand.
Below I present two pictures one of the normal coin and one with the raised in benediction right hand.
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Re: Rare Byzantine coins in your collection
« Reply #64 on: September 23, 2009, 06:35:20 am »
Quite honestly, I do not know how "rare" this assarion is.  According to Sear this is one of the rarest in the Andronicus II - Michael IX series.  I have looked in the archives for other specimens and google shows me that there is at least one in coinarchives, but I am not a coinarchives pro subscriber, so I cannot access the file.  Sear 2451.


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Re: Rare Byzantine coins in your collection
« Reply #65 on: December 27, 2009, 02:49:39 pm »
Lately I added this coin to my collection.
It is worn and unattractive, but:
1. It does not exist in better condition than this one (not by far at least)
2. The opportunity to find a specimen is at the most once per year.
3. Approx. 20 specimens have beed recorded
So I got it ;D
Iustinus I AE follis, Kyzicus mint, Sear 96
INS :Greek_Delta: : fourth indiction, year 525/526
If I am not wrong, this is the first dated Byzantine coin
tk

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Re: Rare Byzantine coins in your collection
« Reply #66 on: January 21, 2010, 03:51:39 pm »
I'd like to present a recent addition to my byzantine collection -
Andronicus II Ae trachy, Thessalonica mint. Sear 2487
Another thing about this coin which pleases me as much
as it's rarity is it's condition, not very common for those types I guess

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Re: Rare Byzantine coins in your collection
« Reply #67 on: February 20, 2010, 05:01:06 pm »
Here is a special Iustinianus follis, Kyzicus mint.
This variant is not mentioned in Sear.
One more specimen -apart from this one- is recorded by Hahn
also from officina A and year 19.

This type -with a cross before mintmark- is better known from the Nicomedian follis
which I have also presented in this forum.
The cross before mintmark on these  is found on some (4-5 pieces known) year 16 folles.

I have no idea, nor have I read any speculation either for the meaning of the cross or why we see it on year 16 folles for NIKO and year 19 for KYZ  ???
tk

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« Reply #68 on: August 23, 2010, 07:38:49 pm »
This is my first Byzantine coin.  I am not sure if it is authentic, but if it is, it might be extremely rare.  I believe the obverse is Leo III.  The writing says "DNOLEO  NPAMVL"  The edge is dotted.  The reverse says "VICTORIA  AVGVS." The reverse edge line is solid, not dotted.  The coin weighs approximately 1.68grams and the diameter averages 15-16mm.  The coin appears to be silver.  I have looked through the entire British Museum catalog of Byzantine coins and cannot find this one.  I believe this coin to be minted in Ravenna.  And I think the fact that it is silver with the cross on a globe make it unusual.
Can anyone tell me what it is?

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Re: Rare Byzantine coins in your collection
« Reply #69 on: August 24, 2010, 12:49:35 am »
this is a known forgery noted in Sear/Bendall Byzantine coins #F67 (pg 510)

its noted to be a copy of a italian mint semissis, as you noted meant to be from Ravenna.

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Re: Rare Byzantine coins in your collection
« Reply #70 on: August 24, 2010, 01:25:20 pm »
Thanks Wiley.  Much appreciated.

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« Reply #71 on: September 14, 2010, 12:42:09 pm »
Let us give some life to this thread!
I recently found on e-bay listed as "interesting Byzantine coin" and eventually bought  :),
an Isaac Comnenus Usurper of Cyprus trachy.
Obv. The Virgin standing facing orans
Rev. Isaak standing facing on dais, holding long cross and globus crusiger.
         Above manus Dei.
Sear 1995.

Not in great condition but you just cann't have them all....

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Re: Rare Byzantine coins in your collection
« Reply #72 on: January 07, 2011, 06:31:12 am »
Of course, in Byzantine numismatics are quite a few extremely rare coins, but just to give a buddy Simon Alexis tetarteron here is another of my collection: John II, DOC (15), scored available in a private collection, but not in the collection of DOC and not in Sear - this piece is somewhat similar to Sear 1953, but John is in possession of a labarum (instead of a scepter jewelry) and the legend is CC + IWD IT Pi - Pi TW Phi UP OPV

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« Reply #73 on: January 07, 2011, 10:58:34 am »
  ??? 8)

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Re: Rare Byzantine coins in your collection
« Reply #74 on: January 19, 2011, 01:27:49 pm »
Don't now how rare this is. I thaught it was unusual:

Nicephorus III, Botaniates, 24 March 1078 - 4 April 1081 A.D 
Bronze follis, SBCV 1888, Constantinople mint, obverse IC - XC, 3/4 figure of Christ standing facing, raising right in benediction, Gospels in left, star left, star right; reverse C - Φ / N - Δ, Cross with pellet at each end, at center eight ray star in circle; rare 
 
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