A couple more added.

[mcwyler]

My latest acquisitions, a couple of Byzantine coins I liked the look of. The first is just a common anonymous type A3 (if you accept the existence of such as separate from A2) but a nice one and certainly my best picture of Jesus. The second's my very first tetarteron, from the dark days shortly  before Constantinople was ransacked by the fine Christian soldiers of the fourth Crusade (and the emperor ran off with as much gold as he could carry).

Funnily enough the auction house misattributed both. Can you see a Virgin with Child anywhere?

 

 

CONSTANTINE VIII. Class A3 Anonymous follis. 1025-28. (8.2g,26mm). 
+EMMANOVHA / IX-XC Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cross and two pellets in each limb of cross, holding the book of Gospels. IX-XC in fields. /  IhSuS / XRISTuS / bASILEu / bASILE
Sear 1818, mint of Constantinople.

 

ALEXIUS III Angelus-Comnenus, AE tetarteron, 1197-1203. (4.3g, 19mm). 
St. George, nimbate, with curly hair, holding spear Θ ΓEP   ΠOC / Emperor standing facing with labarum and globus cruciger AΛΕΞIOC   ΔECΠOTHC.
Sear 2015, mint of Thessalonica.
 

[Al Kowsky]

High grade anonymous folles can be very expensive. I sold the example pictured below at a Stack's & Bowers auction a month ago, it fetched $1,320.00.

[mcwyler]

That's a very exceptional coin, such a full sharp strike on a large flan. All the legend. High relief. Certainly deserves its star! Mine was €48.

Edited September 9, 2024 by mcwyler

[Al Kowsky]

12 hours ago, mcwyler said:

That's a very exceptional coin, such a full sharp strike on a large flan. All the legend. High relief. Certainly deserves its star! Mine was €48.

mcwyler, Thanks, I bought the coin raw from a Roma auction & had it slabbed. 

[Simon]

On 9/9/2024 at 9:46 AM, mcwyler said:

ALEXIUS III Angelus-Comnenus, AE tetarteron, 1197-1203. (4.3g, 19mm). 
St. George, nimbate, with curly hair, holding spear Θ ΓEP   ΠOC / Emperor standing facing with labarum and globus cruciger AΛΕΞIOC   ΔECΠOTHC.
Sear 2015, mint of Thessalonica.
 

Nice example, the Alexius III coinage is one of the rarer rulers. What exactly is in St Georges hand is never been exactly clear in the catalogs. It is either hilt of a sword or a scroll. I think by looking at your example I agree with you it is a sword. I have several examples but none are as clear at that portion of the portrait. 

ALEXIUS III ANGELUS-COMNENUS AE TETARTERON S-2015 DOC 5 CLBC 8.4.3

OBV Bust of St. George , beardless and nimbate , wearing tunic, breastplate wearing tunic, breastplate, and sagion; holds spear in r. hand resting on l. shoulder and in l. scroll or hilt of sword. REV Full length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft and in l. Globus cruciger. This is a Thessalonica minted coin, it contains no silver. It is believed to be valued at 1/864 Hyperpyron and the Metropolitan (Constantinople) issues at 1/288 Hyperpyron. This coins are much more common than Metropolitan coins but all tetartera from Alexius III are difficult to obtain. Size 19.52mm Weight 4.0gm DOC lists 22 examples with weights from 1.91gm to 4.55gm and sizes from 17mm to 22mm   As you can see you example is superior is several ways. One thing that is very interesting about this time period is you have to be aware of is variations exsist. Very different from any other time period. Be on the lookout for Inscriptions with the wrong ruler for the coin. Isaac II has been found.  Here is a strange one. A similar example is in DOV IV but Michael Hendy makes no mention of it in the text, only the plates.  I apologize for the photo, I took it years ago.   ALEXIUS III ANGELUS-COMNENUS AE Half? TETARTERON S-2015/7v DOC 5 CLBC 8.4.3v VARIATION UNLISTED OBV Bust of St. George , beardless and nimbate , wearing tunic, breastplate wearing tunic, breastplate, and sagion; holds spear in r. hand resting on l. shoulder and in l. scroll or hilt of sword AND shield behind left arm. REV Full length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, and chlamys; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft and in l. Globus cruciger with patriarchal cross. Size 17.94mm Weight 2.4gm I purchased this as part of a collection from Europe. The coin was attributed by previous owner as S-2017 a much rarer coin to find. Upon reexamining the coin, it turned out it has a shield and hilt of sword that the left hand is holding. On the reverse the gl.cr. has a patriarchal cross, this is seen on his half Tetartera. The weight is average for a half Tetarteron and a bit low for a full Tetarteron . the die size is around 15mm, small for a Tetarteron and large for a half.   Congrats on your example @mcwyler

 

[JAZ Numismatics]

On 9/9/2024 at 11:48 AM, Al Kowsky said:

High grade anonymous folles can be very expensive. I sold the example pictured below at a Stack's & Bowers auction a month ago, it fetched $1,320.00.

It's an amazing coin to be sure, and worth every penny, but what I find even more amazing is that it's in a "mint state." It's a testament to advanced Byzantine technology that they could apply a patina and mineral deposits to a freshly-struck coin.

[Al Kowsky]

27 minutes ago, JAZ Numismatics said:

It's an amazing coin to be sure, and worth every penny, but what I find even more amazing is that it's in a "mint state." It's a testament to advanced Byzantine technology that they could apply a patina and mineral deposits to a freshly-struck coin.

JAZ, I'm sure the finish on the coin is a natural consequence of burial, & not "applied" by mint workers 😉.