Thanks for this sad news, and the link. I can confirm what Nick Mayhew writes about Michael Metcalf’s generosity. One time I sent him a an early...
Thanks! You are just the sort of gent your pic suggests...............
Great thread. I hope it is OK if I half-close a gap in the pics by posting a weight here - inscribed with Viking Runes. My own interest in this...
Important question - but I cannot answer it. My guess is it mostly diffused out into the rest of Europe by trade etc. And I think that was...
Actualy I agree about the 1980's - but cite different evidence. Here are Arthur Marwick's thoughts: "All Quiet on the Postmodern Front? The...
Its best to move with caution citing Wiki on these sort of topic. The sections you quote are mostly lifted from a 19th century translations of the...
Yes, interesting. I can only throw light on part of what you wrote. Note that the huge MZ II hoard – 3 tons of mostly silver coin – was started...
I suspect that tells more about 21st century archaeologists than 9th century coins : -)
I think that gets right to the heart of the matter. In the case of Sher Shah (and Akbar) we can find the answer I think. Prior to Sher Shah,...
Yes. It looks as if hundreds of tons of silver coin were shipped from Islamic Persia into Scandinavia around the 10th century. And then,...
What are the current theories on the percentages of gold and silver being mined as opposed to recycled from some previous use? I studied this...
Yes I checked the article I wrote a few years back on this. Robert of Selby was chancellor in Sicily. Thomas Brown was a member of his staff who...
There is an idea kicking about that the the jury system, as applied under common law in the UK and the USA, came into being due to Islamic...
Thanks for the thoughts insider Afraid that was not at all clear to me. Look at the left side of the obverse. A curve of deeper pitting. My...
Just as I predicted. (And please do try to reply more carefully - that is to say - to what I actually wrote) In my day, a scientist tested...
Hello Insider Thanks for the thoughts We seem to be at cross purposes here. I suspect also that The ENTIRE COIN is crystallized throughout. But...
Maybe this is just a personal niggle, but IMHO it would probably be more accurate to say: "It is clear chemicals were used to remove the...
Dear Paul Perhaps I am turning into a grumpy old guy, but I seem to get lots of comments rhetorically phrased to suggest I am wrong - sometimes...
Since hardly anyone on the planet seems to be looking into our mutual interest here, I sure do not want to fall out with you over this! Still,...
In the blog you say: RRDen > The display shows one week's pay in the large pan of the steelyard scale = 21 Asses = 6900 grams = 15 US pounds....
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