Need Help Identifying Some Byzantine Cup Coins

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chirrrs Valued Member United States 164 Posts	Posted 01/01/2022 8:58 pm I just started getting into ancients and medieval coins and ended up with six of these Byzantine cup coins. This is also my first attempt at getting detailed photographs of concave coins, so hopefully the lighting and detail aren't too bad. If I have to take more, I can. Hopefully 3-4 can be identified with the photos here, then I'll try to get better images of whatever is left. The seller took this photo, but unfortunately only the one side of each. Below, I'll include my own photos and in the text underneath each, what I think they are based off of looking at wildwinds. I think this one is SB2011. This looks like SB2003 to me. Could be SB2026? These last three I have no idea yet. Unknown #4 Unknown #5 Unknown #6 Thank you for any help! Report this Post to the Staff

iulius Valued Member Bulgaria 141 Posts	Posted 01/02/2022 3:36 pm These are Bulgarian medieval imitations of Byzantine coins from the end of the 12th and the beginning of the 13th century. Degree of rarity - R 1 - thousands of them have been found. They differ from the Byzantine ones in their smaller size, poorer quality of workmanship, poor quality of the metal (copper predominates) and spelling errors in the inscriptions. https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3039678 Report this Post to the Staff
chirrrs Valued Member United States 164 Posts	Posted 01/02/2022 8:20 pm Interesting! So about how old are they then? Why did Bulgarians make copies of these? I paid $10 for the lot, so I figured it was worth the chance. What should an authentic example cost? Report this Post to the Staff
Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 01/03/2022 04:51 am The 'Bulgarian' hypothesis for a class of imitative trachea was originally postulated by Michael Hendy. You can find his explanation in the Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue Vol.4, part 1, beginning on page 46. You will also find a number of examples listed. https://archive.org/details/docoins-4 Edited by Kushanshah 01/03/2022 05:06 am Report this Post to the Staff
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