I will start this show off with my Duke swinging his sword, also has a dagger on belt/ and a dragon AV Ducato ND Milan Mint Filippo Maria Visconti Duke of Milan 1415-37 This coin remained "unsold" MDC /Monaco did not take me long to grab it.
That's a very nice coin panzerman, the style off both the obverse and reverse are great. Medieval English coins don't provide many options, but Edward the Black Prince has some nice Anglo-Gallic coins with weapons. I'll add two hardi, including one from the rare Figeac mint.
Thank you Great coins! I really like the Anglo-Gallic issues. The "Black Prince" was quite the warrior. Probably his only bad choice was to help out Pedro the Cruel of Castile, who was a pretty bad dude.
My only medieval coin with a weapon: Crusader - Antioch Tancred, Regent, r. 1101-1103, 1104-1112 AE Type 2 Follis, 20.3 mm x 3.3 grams Obv.: Bust of Tancred facing, wearing turban, holding sword Rev.: Cross pommetée, fleuronnée at base; IC XC NI KA in quarters Ref.: De Wit 4079 This one has a “banner” which could just as easily be a lance... Norman Italy - Calabria Roger I, r. 1072-1101 (1098-1101) Mileto Mint, AE Trifollaro, 28.04 mm x 8.3 grams Obv.: ROG [ERVS] COME +S. Roger, mounted left wearing Norman helm, holding kite shield and striped banner Rev.: + MARIA [MATE]R DNI (’N’ retrograde). Enthroned nimbate Virgin Mary holding on lap Christ child, nimbate and in swaddling clothes right Ref.: NCKS 131var., De Wit 3789
Here is one of my favorites... AV Noble ND (Fourth Coinage) Calais Mint struck 1369-77AD Edward III Plantagenet MS-64 Edward with sword in warship.
The sword on this one is not well struck, but there's still a lot of armor: Baldwin of Bourcq, County of Edessa, AE Follis, 1110–1118 AD. Obv: Baldwin in conical helmet and chain-armor, standing l., sheathed sword at hip, holding globus cruciger, BA[Λ] - ΔOI[N] around. Rev: Floriate cross in Byzantine style. 20mm, 4.01g. Ref: Schlumberger I,9; Metcalf 109–112; CCS 10.
It won't pass for medieval, but I sure wouldn't want to be attacked by an eagle with 2 swords...nor those lips! LeopoldI(TheHogsmouth) 3 Kr Silesia 1700 F+ Obv: Laureate portrait facing right in an inner circle, value in a frame below the bust. Lettering: LEOPOLDVS D G R I S (3) A G H B REX Rev: Crowned double headed imperial eagle in an inner cirlce. Mint mark below in legend, date divided above.Lettering: ARCHID AVS (CB) DVX BVR SIL date
Beautifull design the Habsburg Imperial Eagle Here is a St. Ladislav weiding an axe AV Goldgulden ND Kremnitz Mint Maria I of Anjou Queen of Hungary MS-64 struck 1378 Acquired from Triton
This one is too late to be medieval but it's one of my favorite "modern" coins. 1588 Thaler of Christian I 1586-1591 Obv. CHRISTIAN.D:G.DVX.SAXO.SA.ROMA.IMP Rev. ARCHIMARS CHAL.ET.ELEC 40mm 28.77 grams
Yes, I know that I'm late to the thread, but this little coin features Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg, holding two crossbows: Margraviate of Brandenburg, under House Wittelsbach, Otto V, denar, ca. 1365–1373, uncertain mint. Obv: margrave standing facing, holding two crossbows. Rev: ornamented triangle with trefoils and pellets. 16mm, 0.69g. Ref: Bahrfeldt 692; Dannenberg 252. Crossbows had a rather bad reputation in the Middle Ages – in 1139, the papacy even outlawed them in the Second Council of the Lateran, canon 29: "We prohibit under anathema that murderous art of crossbowmen and archers, which is hateful to God, to be employed against Christians and Catholics from now on." I wonder what Otto's contemporaries thought of this coin. Definitely not a subtle choice – for comparison, imagine a coin showing a modern state leader waving around two assault rifles...
That is amazing! I didn’t realize crossbows made it on a coin. I imagine the outlawing of crossbows by the pope did little, as there was crossbow manufacturing taking place in England during the reign of Richard and John (so no long after the declaration).
Here are a few of mine. Technically not medieval as that era ended in 1485 but the transition from medieval to renaissance is not sharp. Austria, region of the Tyrol, guildiner, 1486 ex Spinks UK, 1998 purchase France, Philip VI moulton d'or, NGC ms-62 struck from January 1348 King with shield on throne, spears? background Stack's or Heritage summer auction ca. 2016. Of course with this one it's an auspicious date. What happened in 1348?
One thing I like about this one is that they are using the medieval form for "4" which I can't find on my keyboard.
