Great coin. I love those dog's head crests. The two dots above a, o or u in German, called an umlaut, represent an e which for some reason,...
The Schmalkaldic League is a fascinating story. I have thought about trying to put something together for the Coins and History thread. In the...
"I bought a tetradrachm from the Seleukid king Antiochos VII Euergetes" Does he sell on line or does he have a shop ?
Sorry, slight technical problem. Here's the third example from Italy, a very small coin URBINO Francesco Maria II della Rovere Armellino...
A number of Italian states also featured St. George on their coins. Here are 3 examples. PAPAL STATES - FERRARA Pope Paul V Scudo 1619...
The counts of Mansfeld owned extensive copper and silver mines and their coinage is very plentiful, many featuring similar portrayals of St....
Before there were any Counts of Mansfeld, a knight by the name of George lived in Mansfeld Castle. A lindorm (a wicked serpent-like creature in...
Looks like there may be only the two of us playing this game. With spectacular ancients like this, you are going to win the prize.
Germany BREISACH 1/2 Reichsguldiner 1542 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Germany Abbey of FULDA Heinrich VIII von Bibra Taler 1765 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Two helmeted wildmen Germany POMERANIA under SWEDEN Karl X Gustav Taler 1655 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
And here's another basilisk Switzerland Canton BASEL Half Taler 1765 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
And at the opposite extreme ZURICH Uniface Billon Angster n.d. (16th cent.) 13.5 mm 0.247 g. Easily lost [ATTACH]
2 more beautiful coins with Giovanni Hamerani's bust of Innocent XII Italy PAPAL STATES Innocent XII Piastre Year 8 (1699) Obverse: HAMERANVS...
This is a nice and interesting coin but I don't think Tyrol counts as a city. It might be better posted on the Coins and History thread.
France BESANCON 1/2 Taler 1667 Besancon was officially a part of the Empire until the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648. The coinage right was...
Philip II of Spain as King of England Philip married Henry VIII's daughter, Mary, the very Catholic of England on 25 July 1554, receiving the...
Netherlands BREDA A direct fief of the Holy Roman Emperor, Breda came into the possession of the House of Nassau in the 15th century, whose most...
Spanish Netherlands BRABANT Emperor Charles V Karolusgulden (or Florin) n.d. (1542-48) Antwerp mint In April 1544 Charles V ordered the...
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