..huh....i thought these were coins of Kashmir Queen Didda Ranl 979-1003...maybe mine is and your is of the king..they do have different lettering..
very nice! I have one of the cruder ones which was supposedly found in the Holy Land. I was told it was an imitation made by the crusaders, but I need to do more research to verify (it was a cheap impulse purchase...) Crusader Imitation - Lucca Henry III-V, r. 1035-1125 Crude AR Denier, 15.27mm x 1.1 grams Obv.: H center, IMPERATOR around Rev.: LVCA forming cross, ENRICVS around Ref.: De Witt, 3691, (Metcalf 16-18) Note: Found in Holy Land
This is my first contribution to Medieval Monday and was a very generous Secret Santa gift from @johnanthony. This coin gave me some new horizons to consider and I ended up buying a Henry 111 Long Cross penny ex the 1908 Brussels hoard as a consequence.... This hobby can lead you anywhere! The coin John Anthony sent me was a Maximillian 11 AR Denar as below 0.5g 17mm 6h. Obv MAX 11 D.G.E.RO.I..S.AV G HV B Fourfold curved coat of arms . Hungarian Arpa stripes, Hungarian double cross. Dalmation leopard heads, Bohemian lion. In chest shield Austrian bonds. 1560 above. Reverse , PATRONA,, VNGARIE . Crowned and glorified Madonna with Christ child in her left arm, scepter in the right hand on a crescent . K-B in fields. Reference Husczar 992,994. Provenance Jaz Numismatics ( JA)
Abbasid Caliphate. Time of Harun al-Rashid. Dated 188 AH (803-804 CE). Silver dirham. 23mm, 2.78g. Al-Rafiqa mint. Pellet below reverse area legend. Album 219.2.
Raymond got into serious trouble in 1368 and lost his principality. However, his wife successfully pleaded on his behalf and he got it back in 1370. Source: Histoire de la principauté d'Orange ; suivie de lettres inédites des princes d'Orange, des rois de France, du Cte de Grignan, etc., etc. / Cte A. de Pontbriant available on Gallica, web site of the Bibliothèque nationale de France
nice looking coin @Dafydd! You’ll need to rotate the obverse 180 degrees, but welcome to the bastard step-child of Numismatics!
Bouncing off of @Orielensis' magnificent example of Lucca and, only more to the point, his citation of Raymond of Aguilers, here's mine of Chartres (with apologies for the pics).
I am behind on photographing my purchases, let alone doing write-ups (which I always blame on the school year), so I have used CNG’s photo for this one: Bohemia Bretislaus I, r. 1034-1055 (1034-1050) Prague Mint, AR Dinar, 19.62 mm x 1.03 grams Obv.: BRACIZLAVS DVX, bust left holding standard Rev.: SCS WENCEZLAVS, seated facing figure holding cross, cross to the right Ref.: Frynas B.8.12, cf. Lanz Graz XIII, 104-111
Some coins of Aethelstan, first king of a unified England 924-939. Penny of Æthelstan, king of Wessex, 924-939 Moneyer: Torhtelm Mint: Canterbury (?) Portrait type S. 1094 N. 673 O: +ÆÐELSTAN REX R: +TORHTELM MO Penny of Æthelstan, king of Wessex, 924-939 Moneyer: Abba Mint: Chester “Rex tot Brit” type S. 1093 O: ÆÐELSTAN RE TO BR LE R: +ABBA MOIN LEGECF Penny of Æthelstan, king of Wessex, 924-939 Moneyer: Godfred Mint: Unknown North East mint Two line type S. 1089 O: +ÆÐELZTAN REX R: GODF +++ RED Mo
Believe it or not, this is an upgrade, for everything but the flan. Robert II, 996-1031. Coissue with Adalberon, Bishop of Laon, 977-1030. Adalberon facing /Robert facing. (Duplessy, Royales 8.)
That is a great looking Bohemia dinar @FitzNigel you have really built a nice collection of Eastern European coins from what you have posted. @Nap as always you have some wonderful coins. I prefer the third coin of Æthelstan that you posted for it's simplicity of design and the nice tone. That said, any one off them would be amazing to own. And @+VGO.DVCKS what a great denier, I have never seen one before. Robert always struck me as a cross between English kings Henry II and Henry VIII insofar as he was at war with his sons and constantly switching wives. Congrats on a great addition. I'll add a class F groat of Edward III. These groats are my first numismatic love, and I always like adding a new one to my collection. What stood out to me was the level of detail still present on the initial marks of both the obverse and reverse. It's an overall upgrade to my other class F groats.
Everyone on this thread knows I love dirhams of Harun al-Rashid but this is my first diamond head. Abbasid Caliphate. Time of Harun al-Rashid. Dated post-Yazdgird era 136 (171 AH, 787-788 CE). Silver hemidrachm (tabari dirham). 23mm, 1.79g. Tabaristan mint. Cites Sulayman ibn Musa, the governor of Tabaristan. Obverse: Crowned and draped word 'bakh' ('good' in Arabic, written in Kufic script) within a diamond that replaces the head in a Sasanian-style royal bust. To left of head, AFZUT GDH ('may his kingship increase' in Pahlavi). To right of head, SLYMN ('Sulayman' in Arabic Kufic script). In outer margin, APD NWKW ('excellent' and 'good' in Pahlavi). Reverse: Sasanian-style fire altar set on three steps, flanked by two attendants standing facing. To left, date. To right, mint TAPWRSTAN ('Tabaristan' in Pahlavi). Album 65.