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  1. Here is the Labarum online catalog arranged by Sear (SB) type: https://labarum.info/lbr/?sf_refsear=&sf_main_search=&sf_submit=Search&sf_state=&sf_ruler=Michael+II+Angelus+(Epirus)&sf_mint=&sf_denom= Ross G.
  2. Yes, this guy looks like a good candidate. If so, this would put the Gandufus weight a century after Charlemagne's (possible) weights. Ross G.
  3. Interesting - there are saints on coins, but I don't know about weights. I'm guessing Gandulfus is some early medieval ruler - there are similar weights labelled CAROLI PONDVS, possibly meaning Charlemagne. Ross G.
  4. Attached is a Frankish(?) weight (208 gm) in the Bologna museum with the legend +GANDULFUS. So who was Gandulfus? Ross G.
  5. The weights of the earlier Umayyad dinars were tightly controlled, but in later times this was abandoned and these coins presumably traded by weight (so there would be no point in clipping). Ross G.
  6. I I doubt it - on the coin in question Christ seems to be enthroned. I wasn't proposing S.2096, just showing some examples for comparison. Ross G.
  7. The top two coins below are examples of S.2096. The bottom coin is a similar variant - it is not in Sear but is listed as Uncertain Type Z in DOC IV. Ross G. Ross G.
  8. Good value for a 1 ounce Roman barrel weight. Bendall 23 is actually a set of such weights - Bendall 33 is a more specific attribution. The tied OV stands for Ounkia and A is 1, so (oddly) the bronze Roman barrel weights were mostly marked in Greek. For more examples of such weights see the Pondera online database here: https://pondera.uclouvain.be/ Ross G.
  9. Yes, Theodosius II Ae4 nummus, uncertain mint. Ross G.
  10. Hi Simon, The problem with S.1932/DOC45 of Alexius I is that divides into (at least) three different subtypes, as listed in my table. DOC45a is the full weight half-tet, while 45b & 45c-d are lighter and perhaps later issues. On the other hand the 203 examples from Thessalonica quoted by Lianta are not distinguished by subtype – all we have is a gross figure for "DOC45" as a whole. So what were Lianta’s Thessalonican coins? Were they all DOC45a? Quite possibly, but we don’t really know. Ross G.
  11. That makes more sense although it's still heavy for a contemporary imitative tet. For the weights of these types see here: https://www.glebecoins.org/paleos/Notes/12th_Century_Trachea___Tetarte/12th_century_trachea___tetarte.html Ross G.
  12. There is of course no hard evidence linking this type (S.2148) and the other anonymous "Christ Chalkites" types to Trebizond generally or Andronicus specifically, and the fabric and workmanship of S.2148 is rather different from that of its presumed successor, the rare silver trachy S.2600 of Manuel I Comnenus of Trebizond. Basically, for the moment the attribution of S.2148 to Gidon seems to be based mainly on "who else?". A not unreasonable argument perhaps, but hardly conclusive. Ross G.
  13. If the weight is 14.1g, then my guess is that this coin is a post-reform imitative follis, struck by some place which preferred the old folles to Alexius's newfangled tetartera. Ross G.
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