My New Medieval Coin

Great European medievals, everyone, but let's not neglect the Islamic medieval world. They produced coins too, even if a little dull by our western beauty standards (ie. mostly scripts insteas of images).

I'm going to give Islamic medievals a little love here.


Almohads


Umayyads


Umayyads of Spain


Tabaristan


Abbasids


Delhi Sultanate


Seljuqs of Rum

 

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I hope @Craig Z doesn't mind some more non-English medieval thrown into his thread:

Sisebut, Visigothic Kingdom
AV tremissis
Obv: + SISEBVTVS REX, bust facing
Rev: + TOLETO PIVS, bust facing
Mint: Toledo
Date: 612-621 AD
Ref: Miles 183a



Louis the Pious, Carolingian Empire
AR denier
Obv: + HLVDOVVICVS IMP, legend around cross in circle
Rev: + METALLVM, legend around cross in circle
Mint: Metallum
Date: 816-819 AD
Ref: MEC 762



Louis the Pious, Carolingian Empire/Republic of Venice
AR Denier
Obv: +HLVDOVVICVS IMP, legend around cross in circle
Rev: +VEN/ECIAS, legend in two lines
Mint: Venice
Date: 818-840 AD
Ref: MG 456v, MEC 789



Charles the Bald, Carolingian Empire
AR obol
Obv: Monogram of Charles
Rev: + METVLLO around cross in circle
Mint: Metallum
Date: 840-877 AD
Ref: MG 1060



Herbert I, County of Maine/Kingdom of France
AR denier
Obv: +COMES CENOMANIS ("Count of Maine"), monogram of Herbert within circle
Rev: +SIGNVM DEI VIVI ("sign of the living God"), cross with pellets and letters in corners, all within circle
Mint: Le Mans
Date: 1017-1035 AD
Ref: B., 170; P.A., 1548; Legros, 568; D., 398



Gregory XI, Papal States
AR bolognino
Obv: ·S· PETRVS· P, mitred bust facing
Rev: +DE·ROMA·, in center: ·V·R·B·I· in angles, in pattern of short cross
Mint: Rome
Date: 1370-1378
Ref: Berman 209

 

Edward III AR Sterling Anglo-Gallic Issue Bordeaux? mint 1335-1337 or 1344 18mm 1.32g Elias 56
Obv:EDWARD REX ANGL
Rev: DVX AQV ITA NIE

 

Here is one of my favourites. How could I forget this one? Louis IX was the only French king who was canonized. So he is known as St Louis. He was responsible for legal reforms such as the addition of the presumption of innocence into legal procedures.

Louis IX
Louis IX (1226-1270) AR Gros Tournois

(25.20 mm, 3.55 g)

Obv: légende intérieure : + LVDOVICVS. REX
légende extérieure : + BNDICTV: SIT: NOmE: DHI: nRI: DEI: IhV. XPI, (ponctuation par trois besants superposés).

Rev: TVRONVS. CIVIS

 

Nice, got one of him too.


LOUIS IX dit Saint Louis (1245-1270 A.D.)
Denier tournois
O: + LVDOVICVS REX Kreuz.
R. +TVRONVS.CIVIS (N bouleté) / Châtel tournois
.89g
17mm
Duplessy 193

 

Awesome collection you have there! The Sisebut is really nice! And Of course I don't mind! Thanks for sharing! I want to delve into French medievals soon here too!

 

Here are a couple of Anglo-Gallic coins of Richard I (The Lion Heart). One from Aquatain and one from Pointers. The only coins with Richards name on them were minted in France. All the coins minted in England under Richards authority had the name of his father Henry II. It's the same with his brother John. Of course there are Irish pennies with Johns name. I don't think there are any for Richard but I may be wrong.

 

Thanks! The Sisebut tremissis is one of only two of all my coins depicting a Germanic king (the other being a decanummium with Ostrogothic king Athalaric standing).

 

Yah, that coin is a total winner => emerging from the clouds wielding a sword!! (very cool)

Lorraine, Duke of Lorraine, Antoine the Good
AR Demi-plaque
Nancy mint
1508-1544 AD
Diameter: 22 mm
Weight: 1.59 grams
Obverse: + ΛnThOn : ∂ : G : CΛLΛBЧ : LOThOЧ : ЄT : BΛЧ : ∂ (double saltire stops), crowned ducal coat-of-arms
Reverse: + mOnЄTΛ : nOVΛ : FΛCTΛ : In : nΛnCЄIO : (double saltire stops), armored arm, wielding sword, emerging from clouds
Reference: De Saulcy pl. XIV, 13; Roberts 9491; Boudeau 1507
Other: VF, darkly toned




... Craig-Z => congrats again on your OP-addition

 

i am wowed by all the medi coins here. ancient coin collectors are a great group that collect other stuff too (just take a lQQk) i'm lacking in English coin, but have a few others from this period. i.e... crusaders coins, James ll Cyprus 1460-1473, silver of Mehmed ll, (the Conqueror) b.1432 d.1481, denier of Louis lX(Saint) king of France 1229-1270, follis of Justin & Sophia 565-578, a few of the Habsburgs (Hapsburg-Lorraine also), i have more but this should suffice for now. i have been neglecting these, shame on me.

 

Well, if we're going to start going down the rabbit hole of French Coins too... (I'll keep it to just Anglo-Gallic coins...)


French Feudal, Aquitaine
Henry II, r. 1152-1168
Bordeaux Mint, BL Denier, 16.57mm x 0.8 grams
Obv.: +hENRICVS REX, cross pattée
Rev.: º+º / AQVI / TANI / ºEº, in four lines
Ref.: AGC 2 (1/a), Duplessy 1030, Roberts 3881, SCBC 8001, (Elias 1)
Ex. R.D. Frederick Collection. Ex. A.H. Baldwin


French Feudal, Aquitaine
Eleanor, r. 1185-1204; AR Denier, 17.86mm x 0.8 grams
Obv.: + DVCISIT, M above, A below, two cross pattee on either side
Rev.: + AQVITANIE, Cross Pattee inside
Ref.: AGC 9B (1/a), Duplessy 1025 (Anonymous of William X), Roberts 4313, SCBC 8011, De Wit 401


French Feudal, Normandy
Henry I, r. 1106-1135; AR Denier, 19.53 mm x 0.9 grams
Obv.: +NOR[M]MANIA. Short Cross with pellets in each quarter
Rev.: Short cross with annulets and bars on either side, triangle above and below
Ref.: Dumas XX-13, Roberts, 4837 reverse


French Feudal, Poitou
Richard I, r. 1168-1185; AR Denier, 17mm x 1 grams
Obv.: +RICARDUS REX, cross patée, annulet in third quarter
Rev.: PIC / TAVIE / NSIS, written in three parallel lines
Ref.: AGC 343A (1/a), Duplessy 926, Roberts 3887, SCBC 8008, De Wit 394

 

By the way @alde - no Coins of Richard in Ireland. He only has England, Aquitaine, Poitou, Issoudun, and Cyprus. (I say 'only' but that is not a bad number of mints...)

 

One of my favorites in my collection.

Ferdinand & Isabella


Ferdinand & Isabella (1469 - 1504)
SPAIN Castile & Leon (Castilla y Leon)
AR 2 Reales
FERDANDVS : ET : HELISABET : D :
Crowned shield of arms breaking inner beaded circle.
+ : REX : ET REGINA : CAST : LEGIO : ARAGON
Bow and arrows within beaded inner circle
Granada Mint.
29mm
6.80g.
Cayon 2622

 

Thanks Fitz. I was not sure.

You guys sure have some nice coins.

 

Time to pull out the heavyweights.

Did anyone say Peanut Butter Crusades Time?


Reconquista of Iberian Peninsula:


Sancho IV "El Bravo"
AR Cornado 1284-1295 CE
Seville mint.
SANCII REX, Crowned bust left. /
CASTELLE LEGIONIS, Castle, crucifix on top with star to the left and S to the right
C&C 1197; Burgos 243; S. Cy1192. SC

Crusades for the Holy Land:


CRUSADERS Principality of Antioch Bohemund III 1149-1163
AR Denier 17mm. 0.90g. Helmet Denier, Class E

 

...peanut butter JELLY time(deus woot)

 

Crusades? I can do that... the third crusade to be specific.


Ayyubids. Al-Nasir Yusuf I (Saladin), (564-589 AH/1169-1193 AD) AV Dinar. Al-

Iskandariya mint, 585 AH = 1189 AD. "In the name of God, the Compassionate, the

Merciful, was struck this dinar in al-Iskandariya in the year 5 and 80 and 500" in outer

margin; citing the Abbasid caliph "Abu l-Ábbas al-Nasir li-din Allah, commander of the

faithful" in inner margin; "al-Imam/Ahmad" in two lines across field / Kalima and Qur`an

9:33 in outer margin; title "`alin al-Malik ghaya Salah al-Din" in inner margin;

"Yusuf/bin Ayyub" in two lines across field. Album 785.2; Balog 58; 4.33g, 19mm, 2h.

Ex: Roma Numismatics Auction 35 Lot 1360 May 3, 2017

 

i really like that antioch bohemund lll coin! got the helmet and chain mail, kool!

 

My entombed groat.
Henry VI, 1422-1430.