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14 minutes ago, CPK said:

This?

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=11652051

@CPK  Excellent!! Thank you 'kind sir'. Much appreciated.

Wishing everybody a Happy (and Safe) New Year, for 2024.

I have a Greek (or maybe Celtic) bronze that is approx 20mm, and has a riderless prancing horse (R), with an 'N' beneath, and an 'underline' below that.

On the other side there is (what appears to be) a 'walking' lion (R).

I would appreciate some assistance with this one because I cannot find an example of this type.

The provenance is CNG auction 548, Lot 1114.

TIA

On Numis Forums, I have had 4 or 5 of my purchases called out as 'fakes' in 2023, and I (for one) would rather know. I appreciate the 'heads-up', even though my coins are not at the 'high end' of the market.

Whether I would list them on a page dedicated to that, well, I just don't know.

I will settle for CONSTANTINE II, RIC.VII. Thessalonica, 199, 335/6A.D.

Thank you, Much appreciated.

So, is this coin RIC.VII. 199 Thessalonica Mintmark A (r.5)?? Minted 335/6A.D.

Thank-you guys. I bought a coin from this seller; which you identified as 'fake'. Ebay refunded me and I left 'negative' feedback. The seller attempted to get me to revise the feedback by sending me four more coins, and a request.

Clearly the four coins he sent to me, hoping that they would encourage me to do his bidding, didn't work, as I did not revise the negative feedback.

Thank you anyway. Much appreciated. (Welcome to the 21st Century where all is not as it seems.)

Just now, Victor_Clark said:

An online adaptation of Bruck's Die Spatromische Kupferpragung --188 types covering A.D. 317-498.
http://www.tesorillo.com/aes/home.htm

@Victor_Clark   That is absolutely the one I was looking for. Thank you.

I recall a simple 'on-line' reference material for LRB's where you could refer to the 'style' of reverse and it showed who used that particular one (amongst other things).

Can someone tell me what that reference page (article) is and where to find it, please?  My mind has gone blank.

This Constantine is the last coin from the 'eBay seller of fake coins' that I dealt with, and I am curious to know if it is 'fake', too.

It measures AE17.8mm., and weighs 2.42gm.

1 hour ago, JeandAcre said:

 

...I can get downright nostalgic for old days, when all the ubiquitously laughable medieval fake Anythings were reliably from a small handful of eastern European countries

@JeandAcre  I remember when the most important thing to 'own' was 'Your good name'. (Gone, with my youth.)

31 minutes ago, TheTrachyEnjoyer said:

I am sorry to say but that is a poor fake 

@TheTrachyEnjoyer Thank you. Your help is appreciated. I suspected as much but I didn't want to point anyone in that direction, who might not have gone there, by voicing my suspicions.

I obtained 5 coins from an eBay seller in Britain. Three of which have been confirmed as 'fakes', one appears to be OK, and one I am still researching.

In my coin collecting, I can attribute the 'easy' ones, but some of the 'difficult' ones I do need help with, but, (apparently), I am incapable of spotting the 'fakes'.

Thank you, again.

I have tried to attribute this coin and the closest I can get is Michael VIII , but I cannot get one of his with 'I B I' on it and 'Theta in top right.

Nor can I get one with 'N- (star)' across the 'fields'.

The coin is bronze AE22mm., and weighs 2.72gm., and is (almost) flat.

Yes, I have used all of my 'Byzantine' reference material including "August Coins" as referred to me by @catadc

Can anyone help me, please? TIA

On 12/19/2023 at 5:09 PM, ambr0zie said:

Medieval and World Crusader States, Antioch (Principality). Raymond of Poitiers, Æ Follis. 1136-1149. R-A-M in ornamental style within triangular pattern / AN TIOC HIЄ in three lines. CCS 17; Metcalf, Crusades 1995, 462. 

@ambr0zie I don't know how you do it, but Thank you so much. I didn't know where to start so I 'floundered' around for a while.

Much appreciated.

@ambr0zie @maridvnvm @LONGINUS Thanks so much, guys. Your explanation would account for why I was having so much trouble attributing this (?) coin.

This coin is beating me. There is enough legend to identify this coin, but I can't.

AE20.7mm., weight of 2.26gm. Heraclea mint?

I am having difficulty with the legend (eyes) but I can't make any of the possibilities that I have come up with out of it.

Lucius Verus, Septimus Severus, or Marcus Aurelius.

The only one to have a reverse with Victory (R) and an 'O' by the leading knee is Diocletian, but his examples are all Aureii.

Your help is appreciated. TIA

I have this piece of a coin and while I think that it may be Byzantine, it could be Medieval, or something else.

It is bronze AE20.3mm., and (the piece I have weighs 0.84gm., which would put the whole coin at around 1.6gm.

Any assistance is greatly appreciated. TIA.

On 11/16/2023 at 4:16 PM, Valentinian said:

If you want to learn more about Byzantine coins, I have a web site with several pages about them:

"Introduction to Byzantine Coins"
https://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/index.html

It even has an example of the OP coin type on the page about reading Byzantine-coin legends:
http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/legends.html#SB1853

@Valentinian FANTASTIC!  Thank you. Your efforts are appreciated. I have recorded your pages for future reference.

Using @catadc 's guidance I believe this to be John III, S. 2096 var., but I am seeking confirmation of this so if anyone can help, I would appreciate that. TIA

On 11/8/2023 at 6:40 AM, catadc said:

For byzantines, http://labarum.info/lbr/ is a great support to identify coins.

The OP coin is a follis. Go to link above, click advanced search, choose Denomination = follis and start looking from the bottom.

That to teach people how to fish...

 

@catadc    Thank you. Now I know how to 'fish' I have some others I'm working on. Thank-you, again.

@Celator Massive thanks.

@JeandAcre Your input is appreciated as well. How do you know this stuff? (I do not.)

AE25., 7.9gm.

I have looked through a lot of Byzantine coins to try to identify this one, without success.

Can anyone assist me please? Any help is appreciated.

Thank you to all esp. @ambr0zie  (your comments are noted).

I cannot place this 'radiate' bust or the character on the 'reverse', and I am hoping that someone can help me please?

On 10/8/2023 at 10:48 AM, Glebe said:

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.

 

Sorry, Ross. A 'typo' on my part. Weight is 4.1gm.

@ela126 & @Zimm

Thank you. I have returned the 'coin' for refund.