Today is the anniversary of Black Tuesday -- post a Byzantine coin

newsman

555 years since the fall of Constantinople, May 29, 1453.

(I don't have any Byzantine coins, but I'd like to see some)

JoesMaName

I only have one and it's a dark corroded POS with no pictures

I'd love to be able to time travel and see some of the places I have coins from in their day....

STLNATS

Howz about a Byzantine error? Double struck gold solidus of Phocas (602-610).

Aethelred

I paid $100 for the Sear book on Byzantine coins, but I have never collected them. I guess I am a sucker for books.

Sapyx

Byzantine coins generally aren't as "pretty" as ancients or moderns, and don't scan or photograph well.

Here's my only pic on file of any of the coins in my small Byzantine collection:



It's a greyscale scan of a late Byzantine aspron trachy of emperor Manuel I, 1143-1180 AD. The coin is somewhat greener than this in real life.

worldcoinguy

<< <i>Howz about a Byzantine error? Double struck gold solidus of Phocas (602-610).



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Wowzers - that is an incredible coin!

CIVITAS

Heraclius 610-640 AD Struck 610-613
AV Semissis 19mm 2.15g
Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust, r. D N HERACLI-VS PP AV
Globus cruciger potent. VICTORIA AVGU
DOC 51a; MIB 71b; Sear 784




Here's a scarce one:

Constantine VI & Irene Constantinople Mint 780-797 AD Follis Æ 20mm 2.28g
Crowned facing bust of Irene with pendilia, holding globus and scepter cruciger.
Crowned facing bust of Contantine, wearing chlamys, holding cross and sceptre; large M flanked by x and N within exergue.
DOC III 7; BN 3; SB 1598




I wish I had been able to get around to updating the website before this thread. I've got some beautiful bronzes that would look pretty good here.

FilthyBroke

BigAlan

and don't scan or photograph well.

and the "cup" type don't display well.

Hussulo

Maurice Tiberius (582-602 A.D.) Gold solidus. 4.4g, 20mm. Constantinople mint.

Obv. Helmeted and curiassed bust facing and holding cross.
Rev. Angel standing holding long staff and globe.



and his predescessor

Phocas 602-610 A.D.