Another unattributed Pfennig, possibly from Hamburg under Count Thietmar. [ATTACH]
I always wondered what this coin is. It is an Obol, but I don't know anything about the issuer: [ATTACH]
Here is Count Thietmar (another son of Duke Bernhard I). [ATTACH]
Here is my Pfennig of Duke Bernhard II, 1011-1059: [ATTACH]
Here is a Pfennig of Duke Bernhard I Billung from my collection. The coin was minted in my home region at Bardowik (or Lüneburg). Bernhard was...
Last weekend we went for a little hiking tour to a small picturest town called Avenches, which is about 2 hours from where I live. Avenches was...
Yes, I think so too. Romans had some tentative knowledge of Scandinavia at least since the writings of Ptolemy around AD 150. They interacted...
Maybe we are talking about different things here. 1) there is the historical periodisation according to which the Roman Imperial Age ended around...
Nice coins! I like the category "nice coins you almost forgot about". Some coins are very common, i.e. can be bought in good condition in...
An my favorite Constantine I camp gate. Again, I like the portrait. [ATTACH]
These are my favorite camp gate coins from my collection. Not because of the camp gates, but because of the portraits: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I think this would, however, be a strange thing to do. The Byzantine empire ended in 1453, but I doubt that anybody would consider the preceding...
Wow, this one above is really special for both the bust type and the reverse depiction of the camp gate. Here is one with many (I counted 11)...
The start of the Viking age is dated to the sack of the Lindesfarne monastry in AD 793. So no, Vikings did not exist in the Roman age. Viking is...
Just saw this Aelia Eudoxia on Ebay and bought it for a very reasonable EUR 19.50. AEL EVDOXIA AVG // SALVS REI PVBLICAE 15mm, 2.8 gm Aelia...
I agree, such statements like "from a private English collection" or "from the collection of Sussex gentlemen" are a real nuisance. They mean...
Interesting, I'll make a note of that and will try to research this a bit more.
Thanks for the information. I should have long done some research on these coins. I even have the book by Shagalov and Kuznetzov "Catalogue of...
This coin shows a horse under an object that looks like a wheel. [ATTACH]
This coin also comes from Central Asia. It is clearly related to Chinese coins. [ATTACH]
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