Netherlands City of NIJMEGEN Peerdeke (1/4 Snaphaan) n.d. (c. 1530) St. George with a feathered helmet is riding right, brandishing a sword,...
The Renaissance had reached Sweden by 1560, although this handsome portrait still has perhaps a touch of the Middle Ages SWEDEN Gustav Vasa Mark...
Germany ANHALT-DESSAU Johann Georg II Reichstaler 1692 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Going backward from the beginning of Siberian Man's comprehensive collection LOUIS XIII 2 tournois 1603 Paris mint [ATTACH] [ATTACH] LOUIS...
Thank you for your comments. I did, of course, post it for you. You obviously love and know an awful lot about Italian Renaissance coinage, even...
Here is one more type of the Federico II Quattrino. I will post it here rather than on Post your Renaissance coins since all the backchat is on...
Another St. George from the obscure Roveredo mint close to the Swiss-Italian border, this one killing the dragon the hard way, on foot...
Fabulous condition !
This is one of the unprepossessing and worst condition coins I have ever posted on Coin Talk and I am in some ways embarrassed to post it on a...
The Habsburgs were also Counts of Pfirt (Ferrette in French) Also from Wikipedia: Ferrette (German: [IMG]Pfirt ) [IMG] A general view of...
I was looking for a mintmark, not a coat of arms. I think that the 2 fish arms are the County of Pfirt, just south of Ensisheim and Upper Alsace....
I don't see the two carps. Are they the two things hanging down between AL and SA at the bottom ? I thought they were part of the Order chain.
Here's a Florence issue by the same ruler: very different portrait ! Italy TUSCANY Cosimo II Piastre 1615 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
"The coinage of Federico II, is in fact rife with classical symbolism. Besides the present quattrino there is another featuring the word OΛVMΠOΣ...
Love that mitred cherub !
Essential if you collect Talers seriously. On cost, it depends what you consider expensive. They come up frequently in auctions. In fact the...
The Draskovic price guide/summary of Davenport is a useful book but it is not a substitute for the original books. If you do not have European...
I am afraid he does not define R3 precisely. R4 is 2-3 examples known. R3 is just defined as Extremely Rare. R2 is Very Rare. It is also in...
Here is another Vianen daalder of Hendrik van Brederode. It is Delm. 653, a mule of Dav.8615/8514. Yours appears to be the much rarer type with...
ENGLAND Charles I Halfcrown 1646 with plumelet over A ("legs" just visible) mm below horse on obv. This mm is now generally attributed to...
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