Ancients => Photo-finish at the "wire"

Yah, this 4th auction-win was another random, but awesome addition!!

I fell in love with this coin when I took my first pass-through the auction, but because it is a bit outside my "usual extremely rigid collection-limits" I didn't put it on my first pass target-list ...

... but when it was still in play during the final moments, I hunkered-down, took careful aim and then pulled the coin-trigger!!

=> "BANG!!" .... $150 estimate ... but I scored it for a $95 hammer!!

https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=332648

Please welcome a super cute coin-addition and my first "wire money" example ...

GERMANY, Bremen (Erbistum).
Johann Friedrich. AR 4 Schilling
1585-1634 AD
Diameter: 18.5 mm
Weight: 1.72 grams
Obverse: Horseman right; cross before, crossed keys to upper right
Reverse: Legend in five lines.
Reference: KM 5
Other: 4h … toned. In the style of the Russian ‘wire money’

 

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Nice one Steve that's a pretty sweet coin.

 

Thanks Ajax ... yah, I love the obverse (cartoon horse-n-rider is a total winner)

 

"Please" try to think-up cool thread-additions ... I will accept all ideas!!

German coins, horse-n-rider coins, wire money examples, underpants, etc ...

 

Okay sure, I'll go first ...



Ummm, here is my only other German coin ...

GERMAN STATES, Anhalt-Bernburg.
Alexius Friedrich Christian, AR 1/3 Taler
1796-1834
1799 HS
Diameter: 29 mm
Weight: 7.03 grams of 83.3% Silver
Obverse: Crowned-Bear advancing left on crenellated wall containing arched door below
Reverse: Three-line legend and date; •H•S• (mint-master) below
Reference: Mann 728a; Jaeger 41b, KM 70
Other: sweet patina, VF

 

Wonderful coin Steve! I got nothing, but the FUN show is coming up!

 

Thanks Aidan ... oh, and good luck at the FUN show ... it sounds fun

 

Congrats @stevex6 ! NICE clear example of wire money!

I know nothing of it, as it is clearly out of my

also.

HOWEVER, I did the same sometime ago, I captured a Wire Money example "just to have one". My pic is horrible, cuz it is small, and I am not @dougsmit...


Russia Peter the Great AR Kopek 1682-1725 Wire Money Horse Rider - Great Tsar Peter 11.1mm 0.27g

LOL, too funny. Odd in my collection search: I searched my JPEG database for "Peter" and the only other coin that came up besides this one, was the Bruttium Carthage Occupation coin with your name on it!

 

ahaha ... "Peter" ... better than showing-up on the "Dick" search!!



Hey, thanks for posting your wire money example ...

=> I hope that you have a great Saturday, my coin-friend!!

 

LOL, I thought that was one and the same??? Have a wonderful day too! We finally got sunshine, so I may go see my Grandkids!

 

Now that is a lovely little coin. I think I have something contemporary and somewhat similar.

This one is actually blast-white and lustrous in hand.

 

Love that 'cute' pony Steve!!! And a very cool horseman!!

 

Thanks for the comments ... oh, and thanks for posting your cool example, TypeCoin (I appreciate your coin-effort)

 

oh wow, that's awesome....i had no idea wire money was made outside of russia. it's a relatively large coin compared to the russian versions, was it actually made of cut pieces of "wire" like the russian coins? the toning is lovely as well.


here's some of my russian wire money...

 

I have a couple of those Russian Tsar Ivan IV "The Terrible" Dude...

Wire Money:


RUSSIA Ivan IV The Terrible 1533-1584 AR Denga Moscow mint Horseman riding right brandishing sword - Inscription in lines G&K 59 Rare type


RUSSIA Ivan IV The Terrible 1533-1584 AR Kopek Wire money Novogorod mint 1535-1538 Horseman riding right brandishing sword - Inscription G&K 75

 

So now you're collecting My Little Pony coins - I see.

 

@stevex6 's passion...

 

It's from Lithuania - Sigismund ("II - of Luxembourg" - I think - as King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania) Although I hate to suggest it, this coin doesn't quite look right - the detail and relief seems too high for a coin of the era. Most likely struck with roller-dies, the technique produces nice smooth edges, but didn't typically impart much relief to thinner coins.
I'm by no means any expert, however. Perhaps someone else here could weigh-in with an opinion on whether this looks "right" for the mid 16th century?
I have a similar piece ND, ca. 1492-1506, for Alexander I with a lot less detail in the relief portions - although that one might be hand-struck, half a century earlier. Hopefully someone here knows more about this class of coin.
I could photograph my piece if it's of interest to anyone.

 

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@TypeCoin971793 , if there are questions, perhaps if it is not known in the Ancients forum, perhaps posting in the World Coins forum?

 

I can add another photo of a piece of wire-money, however...
Not Really "Ancient", but it is interesting to see how this
AR "Wire-Money" Denga of Ivan "The Terrible", c. 1450 AD. 8mm x 10mm, 0.32g.
was produced by methods nearly indistinguishable from those used by
ancient civilizations millennia earlier in Eastern Europe.