Although I just realized I have my obverse and reverse descriptions reversed. Oops…
Here’s a fun one from Southern Italy to start the week off: [ATTACH] Norman Italy - Sicily Tancred and Roger, r. 1190-1194 (1191-1193) Messina...
That is all the more awesome! Congrats!
Obviously I would prefer a grosso, but this was more in my price range...
I thought I would share something small and rather unassuming today: [ATTACH] Italy - Venice Enrico Dandolo, r. 1192-1205 AR Denaro, 13.66 mm x...
sorry if my post was a little terse - I thought I had written more than I had in the previous post mentioned. The Dumas article I referenced is...
Yea, I’m actually a little sad I didn’t bid on the Zeus coin. Although I had an unpleasant experience with them in the past, so would rather not...
The cng one is nicer than the Zeus one! While yours may be a bit cruder, the fact that it was found in Israel makes it so much more interesting!
Although now that I look at it, I’m not sure the Zeus coin and this one are the same… edit - never mind. I took another look, and I think they...
See my above post. Seeing the Zeus example, it is DEFINITIVELY Dumas XIX-15. What’s weird, is that Dumas has it pictured upside-down! [ATTACH]
I think @Romancollector has the answer - self promotion should be in the sale section. If others want to post on an auction, it’s acceptable for...
Not the fecamp horde, but Dumas, ‘Les Monnaies normandes’ from Revue Numismatique VI - XXI (1979). It does look a little bit like plate XIX no....
The crudeness of the flan, and the thick circle around the cross, strikes me as Norman/Normandy (although they tend to have pellets rather than...
Since we’ve had a couple of Crusader issues, here’s one that is tangentially related: [ATTACH] Low Countries - Flanders Baldwin IX, r. 1194-1205...
I would usually attend this show but I can’t this year (AP Grading is taking place the same weekend… and I don’t know when there will be another...
I believe the Toulouse denier was also quite common in the Latin East, correct? I always meant to track down the primary source which recorded...
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