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Okay, I don't know where to begin with an 8mm coin with a star. And a hole in it. Thanks in advance for tonight's lesson!  |
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@gtkwml, any chance of you posting a pic of the other side of the coin also?
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Good idea, Spence. I thought the other side had nothing, but a bit of "knee buffing" showed that there is a hint of a bust, though nothing very useful.  |
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Edited by Kamnaskires
08/15/2018 9:29 pm
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Awesome, Bob. I never suspected the wreath.
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So we're pretty sure it isn't a lone palm tree on a small desert island? :-)
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You rock Bob!  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Bob, that is remarkable! Really I don't know how you do it. |
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A century on, Wroth's fanciful conclusions have not held up to scrutiny. Many of his so-called "Vandalic period" imitations are now known to be either official Roman and Byzantine issues or bland contemporary counterfeits similar to those of earlier periods. Auction houses should, and probably do, know better but the 'Vandals' tag sells coins. Caveat emptor.
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08/16/2018 6:05 pm
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Vandals sometimes have high a price tag? This was in a large lot of coins purchased from the Balkans. Came to about 50 cents a coin. I did well? It was heavily encrusted and I used a bit f electrolysis.
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I know there's no monetary value to one this far gone -- but it was fun finding it in with late Roman bronzes.
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This was in a large lot of coins purchased from the Balkans. It is indeed curious that many of these coins routinely attributed to a small North African kingdom turn up in the Balkans... Edited by Kushanshah
08/16/2018 6:40 pm
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Well, the Balkan lots sometimes have coins minted in London or Arles. Coins travel?
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In the 500s Justinian had Belisarius in North Africa leading troops against the Vandals. Many of those troops were from the Balkans and could have brought some pocket change home with them?
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I have a similar coin in this thread: http://goccf.com/t/312176Those were all from a CNG lot, evidently from a hoard from around the time of the conquest. It is important to note that while the lot was mostly late Roman, Vandal, or early Byzantine, there was also a 9mm Greek bronze and a third century Claudius II imitation - perhaps evidence that in the early 6th century, any tiny coin was acceptable small change. It is not outside of the realm of possibilities that this could have been brought to the Balkans. |
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