I would argue his greatest achievement is the establishment of Common Law... unfortunately I have no coins of Henry from England, but I do have...
And you’ll be more likely to find the medievalists here in the ancients section to be honest. Have patience - if no one comes through I have a...
Fairly certain Anglo-Saxon is right. I don’t think you will find anything like that in Ireland. Maybe @TheRed has North’s book and could check?
A very dramatic flipped double strike (you can see the flipped “mirrored” reverse). I’ve seen this on a King John penny before, so it is...
A shame about that Stephen! They are usually in a shoddy state, and that one wouldn’t be bad if it were whole
I have very little experience with AIII tets, but does it look like a double strike on the obverse? I keep thinking I see two eyes for the lion head.
He’s making a joke that the coin is a forgery.
Just stumbled upon this website, and thought others might be interested (looking at you, @Deacon Ray). Forgive me if it has been posted before......
When your new book (Silver Economy in the Viking Age) comes with an unexpected provenance... [ATTACH]
If Alfred University’s Saxons are meant to be Anglo-Saxons, then there is a significant issue with their mascot (Anglo-Saxons generally did not...
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...
Here is my current “to read” pile: [ATTACH] Here are the two shelves at the home library dedicated to Numismatics (well, one is the oversized...
Quite the find! Can we see the reverse too? I don’t have my Spink book handy at the moment, but why are we dismissing Richard?
As yesterday was my four year anniversary on cointalk, it came time to renew my supporter status. It is a small price for such a wonderful...
Frederick II was both king of Sicily and the Holy Roman Emperor. His father was HRE Henry VI, who married Constance, the heir to the Norman...
I personally think this discussion has been fascinating, particularly since some of the people involved in authenticating this coin (and other...
While I cannot comment on the quality of the work, an English book on Russian Coins (1353-1533) has just been made available for free here:...
It as a pleasure meeting you as well @Orielensis! I’m sad I missed Stahl’s talk (I enjoyed his book on Venetian Coins, and was thus curious what...
not only Italian, but these were widely used and minted by the crusaders
I’m just shocked you bought a coin instead of digging it out if the ground!
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