Yes it is. Class 5 penny from the mint at Canterbury struck by the moneyer Willem. All in all ours a very nice penny.
AWESOME!!! I LOVE this period in time. As so much of it is considered the dark ages=We have much to learn from these coins
Yup. That's what I was thinking. Some crusader dropped it out of his coin pouch on his way to Jerusalem or wherever he was headed. Very cool!
@galba68.....Great looking coin!.....I have zilch knowledge of medieval coins but I'm sure somebody here does and would love to know what it is?.....Great find btw.
Yeah that's what exactly happen....I was on my way to Jerusalem to take a meeting....and wouldn't you know it .....I lost it...yup dang money bag fliping and floping against my leg. And to think you found it!.... ill pm you my address...
Just so you know!!! ....That last statement......I'm writing than down in "The Book" yeah and go ahead and make some remark like I'm sooooo old he needs to write stuff like that down. And I swear if you do..... I'll MAKE IT ALL IN CAP'S ,AND UNDERLINE IT TOO! That should learn ya.
I know where you live! In fact was thinking about holding the tri-state animal rescue on your front lawn. this Sunday..... and all that free fertilizer....and check is there anything in you HOA rules concerning a wildebeest ? Cya. Have fun on Sunday
Magnificent example, especially as summarily nailed by @TheRed. ...Sorry for this, but I wouldn't rule out something as prosaic as trade. Henry III's Irish pennies, never mind the English ones, were already being imitated in parts of Germany. Probably a lot of people knew this and were too polite to mention it, but by this time, the international mercantile system was very sophisticated, and correspondingly broad. For sheer breadth, there was precedent back to Viking times.
