Medieval Monday!

I guess I’ve been missing Medieval Monday. Will have to do some catch up

Here are some medieval and (post medieval) coins of the first six James’s of Scotland

 

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Ferdinand lll

 

Cool coins all over
Nice and sunny moday here in France

Today is Jean II de Bourbon (1456-1488) day, with a "blanc", a "liard" and a "double tournois" of his


Divo # 2



Divo # 8v



Divo #10v

Q

 

@FitzNigel, it's really cool that this one was issued by the leading foe of the Crusaders of his time. Still savoring the gestalt!

 

Trier/ Erzbistum
AV Goldgulden ND Trier Mint
Kuno II Von Falkenstein 1362-88

 

Viennois/ Dauphins
Humbert II 1333-47
AV Florin ND/ Viennois Mint

 

I had been looking for this type of denier for a while. One slipped through my fingers a couple years ago, and this one has been the only one I have seen since. Unfortunately it’s not as nice, but it’ll do for now!
Feudal France - Normandy
William II-William Clito/Henry I, r. 1035-1135 (1075-1130)
AR Denier, 17.41 mm x 0.7 grams
Obv.: +NORMANA. Cross pattee with pellets in angles
Rev.: Degenerate chapel, pellet in pediment, with four columns/comb, S above annulet on either side
Ref.: Dumas XX-4, Roberts 4835
Ex. Lilburn Collection, Ex. Baldwins sale 25 (26 Sept. 2006), part of lot 1984
Note: Dumas group C et D according to Moesgaard

 

Edward III 'Florin' coinage halfpenny.

 

Aethelred II late transitional CRVX penny of Oxford, the moneyer Aelfwine. This is North's bust C with sceptre but no diadem, the bust characterised by having a large pellet on the forehead and curly hair - see English Hammered Conage vol.1, p.161-162. Most coins of this type are from Winchester, with all Oxford coins struck from the same die pair.

 

William II type 4 penny of Tamworth. HIREPORD ON TAM. The only known example of a coin by this moneyer. Is HIREPORD a variation on a known name of the period - Hereward?

 

Go on, give us a clue. This is the second time you've posted this. Obviously it means something to someone.

 

This monday, I'll show you a Marie de Bourbon Montpensier double tournois minted in 1620 at the Trevoux mint



And to go with it a spectacular error minted the same year, with the reverse legend starting at 9 O'clock instead of 12 O'clock



Q

 

It's monday, and I've just received these four sceatta's:

Series E, Var G2(?)

Series E, VICO var 2

Series E, VICO var 1 (this one is real stunner!)

Series R (but which subtype?)

 

Sorry, still no wiser - I'm a bit dense when it comes to understanding oblique references. I assume it refers to a film?

 

I love the imagery on a lot of these little Mailles...
Low Countries - Flanders
City of Ghent, 4th Period, 1253-1300
AR Mailles, 11.3 mm x 0.43 grams
Obv.: Head left within circle of pellets, three rings in helmet, Lis on top and cross behind
Rev.: Open cross with bended limbs
Ref.: Roberts 7346, de Wit 1266

 

...haha...its a reference to a twilight zone episode...when the mr chambers, riding on a spaceship, ask what time it is on earth, the kanamite replies 'on earth is would be 12 noon'...which of course is an impossibility to be 12 noon everywhere at the same time..(i don't think Greenwich time counts)..

 

Here is a little penny from Bamberg I bought a few months ago but haven't posted yet. It looks a lot like a bracteate but actually is supposed to have a reverse. Yet, the reverse design is mostly obscured by the high relief obverse. This is a typical feature of pennies from 13th c. Franconia, Bavaria, and parts of Bohemia.


Bishopric of Bamberg, under Heinrich I. von Bilversheim, AR pfennig, 1242-1257 AD. Obv: cross with four lilies in quadrants. Rev: bust of bishop facing, raising r. hand and holding crosier in l. hand (weakly struck as usual). 16mm, 0.48g. Ref: Krug 73.

 

Ah, thanks. That makes things a bit clearer - never seen it. I must make a mental note to only post in this thread after I have got up and not before I go to bed.

Anyway, now it's Monday here and just about everywhere else, here's another medieval coin. Eadgar 2 line penny, the moneyer is Adelaver.