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As I understand it the post 1204 section of Sear 2nd edition was largely the work of Simon Bendall and Michael O'Hara, advised by Hendy. George Bates was the author of the report on the 1234 Byzantine coins found during the second series of archaeological explorations of Sardis by Harvard College from 1958 to 1968. Ross G.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Attached is a Frankish(?) weight (208 gm) in the Bologna museum with the legend +GANDULFUS. So who was Gandulfus? Ross G.
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Help with information about Miliarense Constantin
Glebe replied to pavlo's topic in ID Help & Authentication
Produced how, exactly? Ross G. -
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Any info on this coin? Looks to be an ancient one.
Glebe replied to mymy's topic in ID Help & Authentication
Yes, Theodosius II Ae4 nummus, uncertain mint. Ross G. -
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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Is the weight really 14.1g? Half-tets like S.1932 average c. 2g, less for the imitative versions.
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Actually while the initial link to the above page is unsecured from there on moving round the site is via secure https links, including the home page.
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Yes, there's still a problem with some (internal?) links. And of course search engines look for internal pages. Ross G.
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I got my webserver to install an SSL certificate and then used cPanel to redirect all traffic to the secure link (you have to enable redirects as well). It all seems to be working, so it will be interesting to see how Google reacts over time. Ross G.
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If I Bing glebecoins.org it returns a secure link to my site: https://glebecoins.org/paleos/ If I google glebecoins.org I get an unsecure link: http://www.glebecoins.org/paleos/home.html So something is duplicated somewhere. I have (I think) cleared my browser cache. Ross G.
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As far as I can see my website is secure - it uses https and shows the lock symbol. Same as this forum. Ross G.
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Some readers may be familiar with my website glebecoins.org which covers both early electrum coinage and post 1204 Byzantine topics. I have noticed that while searches via Google generally place my site way down the results list, on Bing my site is usually top of the list or close to it. (Try searching for Coins of Andronicus I Gidon for example). Why this is I don’t know - perhaps Google gives preference to sites with some commercial potential? Ross G.
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