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| Source: Numismatic Archaeology of North America: A Field Guide. |
The above illustration comes from that book. I know it is a little hard to read the illustration but it starts on the bottom with ocho reales, or an 8-reale, and ends at the top with the small medio reale and then smaller cuartillo, or quarter reale. The number on the right is the number of coins of that denomination in one peso.
Just thought it was useful to see a good comparison of the different sizes of reals.
You can preview a little of that book online. It contains many illustrations. I would say well worth reading.
Click here to go to the preview.
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... “We’ve come to a layer with material from the end of the 3rd and the beginning of the 4th century in which we have discovered slag and bellows for fanning up fire for metal smelting," lead archaeologist Veselka Katsarova from the Museum of Sofia History, has told bTV.
She adds that the layer in question contains coins from the time of Roman Emperors Gallienus (Gallien) (r. 253-268 AD), Claudius II (r. 268-270 AD), and Aurelian (r. 270-275 AD) up until the beginning of the 4th century AD.
“We are finding slag, and clay fragments from bellows… There are metal particles stuck to the bellows fragments," she has elaborated, as cited by BNT.
In addition to these latest finds, the archaeologists’ hypothesis that in the Late Roman era the building in question and the adjacent structures were turned into a coin mint is also supported by findings from excavations in the 1970s and 1980s by archaeologist Prof. Magdalina Stancheva of a large Roman public building underneath today’s St. Nedelya Cathedral...
Here is the link for more about that.
http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/10/25/archaeologists-may-found-mint-ancient-roman-city-serdica-bulgarias-capital-sofia/
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Peter H. from Wales recommended this blog about old and beat up coins.
www.oldcoinnecromancer.blogspot.co.uk
Take a look.
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The educational sessions and lot viewing for the Sedwick auction takes place today (Wednesday) in Orlando.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
