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Possibly Unique 10th Cent. Byzantine Bulla at Stack’s Bowers

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By Jeremy Bostwick – Senior Numismatist & Cataloger, Stack’s Bowers …… The upcoming August Global Showcase auction from Stack’s Bowers Galleries will feature rarities across the entire spectrum, with the ancient coins sure to attract immense interest. Among Byzantine coins, a monumental and very special semi-medallic gold issue presents an opportunity virtually like no other–a […]

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Born Into the Purple: The Coinage of Constantine VII

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CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz ….. His constitution was sickly and he was indeed invalid throughout his life. His father’s birth was doubtful; and he was himself born out of regular wedlock, although his legitimacy was afterwards grudgingly recognized. From his eighth to his 16th year he was the pawn, by turns of […]

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CoinWeek Ancient Coins – The Anonymous Folles of Byzantium

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By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek ….. Imperial Byzantine coinage served both economic and propaganda purposes. The coins routinely identified the reigning emperor or empress by name and title, and usually portrayed the ruler in some vigorous pose that demonstrated power and authority. One great exception was the copper coinage that began to appear circa […]

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The Hole Truth: Ancient Coins That Were Pierced

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CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz ….. Don’t buy damaged coins. They will be impossible to sell. This was some of the best advice I ever got from an experienced collector of ancients. But like most things in classical numismatics, there are exceptions. Ancient coins were sometimes pierced with a hole, to be worn […]

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The Changing Iconography of Byzantine Gold Coins

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  By Elena Stolyarik for American Numismatic Society (ANS) …… The Byzantine Empire, which lasted more than a thousand years, had one of the most monetized economies in medieval Europe. The coinage of Byzantium was an essential element of this unique civilization, which preserved Roman law and state structures and inherited not only the Hellenistic […]

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NGC Ancients – Collecting Byzantine Coins on a Budget

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Excellent examples of Byzantine coins are easily affordable   By Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) …… As we discovered in the previous two columns, the fields of ancient Greek and Roman coins provide the budget-minded collector with opportunities perhaps unequaled in any other area of numismatics. This month we’ll continue the discovery with Byzantine coins, which […]

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World Coin Auctions – Numismatic Rarities at Numismatik Lanz

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Highlights of the upcoming Lanz Auction include an aureus of Magna Urbica with a provenance dating back as far as 1907 and an elaborately worked Bavarian gnadenpfennig By Numismatik Lanz …… Numismatic dealership Numismatik Lanz will auction off 710 lots comprising coins and medals from all over the world in their own premises on 7 […]

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