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Saturday, 15 May 2021
Byzantine class A anonymous folles
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In the late 10 th century the Byzantine rulers embarked on a bronze coinage devoid of the emperor’s name. Theses may be divided into 11 cl...
Tuesday, 4 May 2021
A coinage decree from Gortyna, Crete
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Not particularly well preserved this bronze coin originates from Gortyna on the Greek island of Crete. With a diameter of 18mm this bronze...
Thursday, 29 April 2021
General Aureolus coins in the name of Postumus
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I was first alerted to the coinage of the Roman General Aureolus when I was given Clive Foss’ book, Roman Historical Coins, as a Christm...
Saturday, 24 April 2021
The issues of Claudius II from the Antioch mint
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Writing up the description of a coin the other evening I realised that I did not know how the Antioch mint coins of Claudius II were arrang...
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
A new group of late Roman/Byzantine coin weights
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Why is it that most of the old metal Scrabble tiles I come across are for the letter N? Only joking! I’ve just taken possession of another...
Thursday, 15 April 2021
A Decursio sestertius of Nero
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Towards the end of 2020 I was able to acquire a coin type that had been on my wish list for a long time but had always been out of reach, ...
Wednesday, 14 April 2021
My early Victorian postmarks
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During the lockdown last year I took the opportunity to photograph and catalogue my collection of machine tokens. This year I have taken the...
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