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Lee Toone - Specialist in Romano-British coinage, co-author of The London Mint of Constantius and Constantine, second edition just published. Yorkshire, UK.
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Another couple of images … most of the “etchings” are less than 1 mm deep.
October 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Another couple of images … most of the “etchings” are less than 1 mm deep.
We have now uploaded a supplement to the second edition of LMCC II which is available here :
britannianummaria2024.blogspot.com/p/lmcc-2-sup...
Further entries are also in the pipeline.
britannianummaria2024.blogspot.com/p/lmcc-2-sup...
Further entries are also in the pipeline.
October 7, 2025 at 7:04 AM
We have now uploaded a supplement to the second edition of LMCC II which is available here :
britannianummaria2024.blogspot.com/p/lmcc-2-sup...
Further entries are also in the pipeline.
britannianummaria2024.blogspot.com/p/lmcc-2-sup...
Further entries are also in the pipeline.
I’ve now cleaned the central roundel … I’m now even more puzzled what this is! A student piece, test piece …. ?
October 7, 2025 at 6:59 AM
I’ve now cleaned the central roundel … I’m now even more puzzled what this is! A student piece, test piece …. ?
An interesting limestone lithographic plate featuring coins and tokens. One of the images has been reversed to show a positive version. The central feature shows an image of Nostell Priory.
October 6, 2025 at 7:12 AM
An interesting limestone lithographic plate featuring coins and tokens. One of the images has been reversed to show a positive version. The central feature shows an image of Nostell Priory.
Devil’s Arrows at Boroughbridge ….
March 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Devil’s Arrows at Boroughbridge ….
It’s out …. Sam Moorhead’s RIC volume on Carausius and Allectus is now available from Spink!
March 15, 2025 at 8:54 AM
It’s out …. Sam Moorhead’s RIC volume on Carausius and Allectus is now available from Spink!
A special coin this one! A Viking imitation found in the Baltic states. It copies a radiate helmet type of Aethelred which itself copies a radiate military bust type of Constantine the Great that was struck in London c. AD 312. That’s a lot of history in a battered and pieced bit of silver …
December 31, 2024 at 10:16 AM
A special coin this one! A Viking imitation found in the Baltic states. It copies a radiate helmet type of Aethelred which itself copies a radiate military bust type of Constantine the Great that was struck in London c. AD 312. That’s a lot of history in a battered and pieced bit of silver …
Sol Invictus on the shield of a coin of Constantine the Great struck in London in AD 312.
December 25, 2024 at 11:51 PM
Sol Invictus on the shield of a coin of Constantine the Great struck in London in AD 312.
This is a later medallic reproduction issued as a limited edition by the Monnaies de Paris … it’s massive compared to the original!
December 22, 2024 at 8:36 AM
This is a later medallic reproduction issued as a limited edition by the Monnaies de Paris … it’s massive compared to the original!
One of the most iconic coins relating to Romano-Britain, the Arras medallion. This is an electrotype made by the Parisian coin dealer and jeweller Bourgey. From a private collection.
December 21, 2024 at 8:44 AM
One of the most iconic coins relating to Romano-Britain, the Arras medallion. This is an electrotype made by the Parisian coin dealer and jeweller Bourgey. From a private collection.
Here’s the birthday boy … he used to like a party.
December 15, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Here’s the birthday boy … he used to like a party.
My favourite nightclub bouncer …
December 13, 2024 at 5:45 PM
My favourite nightclub bouncer …
Here is a composite image of the Bury St Edmunds boy bishop token I posted yesterday complete with the previous owner’s ticket. I will post further information about the hoard shortly….
December 12, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Here is a composite image of the Bury St Edmunds boy bishop token I posted yesterday complete with the previous owner’s ticket. I will post further information about the hoard shortly….
From the 2024 BNJ just published …
December 11, 2024 at 11:01 AM
From the 2024 BNJ just published …
A boy bishop token from Bury St Edmunds dating from AD 1485 to 1530. This one is from the Sibton Abbey hoard found in 1992. The obverse …
December 11, 2024 at 10:13 AM
A boy bishop token from Bury St Edmunds dating from AD 1485 to 1530. This one is from the Sibton Abbey hoard found in 1992. The obverse …
Putting it in a modern setting cost me £40 for the gold and labour in 1980. The local jewellers refused to do it themselves and sent it down to Hatton Gardens…
November 18, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Putting it in a modern setting cost me £40 for the gold and labour in 1980. The local jewellers refused to do it themselves and sent it down to Hatton Gardens…
Here is an impression.
November 18, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Here is an impression.
My only antique gem, worn every day for over 30 years … nicolo originally engraved in the late first or early second century AD. I think the P and M were added later.
November 18, 2024 at 11:32 AM
My only antique gem, worn every day for over 30 years … nicolo originally engraved in the late first or early second century AD. I think the P and M were added later.
Now available from Spink- the difficult second edition ;-)
November 15, 2024 at 8:02 AM
Now available from Spink- the difficult second edition ;-)