Hi, Yes the Vikings in England did produce coins. These were produced in the Viking kingdom of York as well as the Danelaw surrounding East...
I have used TransferWise a couple of times from US to UK. Worked fine and the best rate I have found. Their cheapest transfer option takes 2-3...
Another coin of Coenwulf [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Some die rust but otherwise a reasonable portrait penny of the Mercian king from East Anglia (possibly...
So a couple of things: The origin of the name "Troy" ounce is obscure. I have heard that it might be from Troyes, France. But alternates are...
Here are a few other coins of Mercia- [ATTACH] Wiglaf of Mercia (827-829, and possibly 830-839) Produced in London Moneyer Redmund O: +VVIGLAF...
Great write-up and congrats on the acquisition. Odoacer has one of the best medieval fantasy deaths, being cleaved in half by Dietrich von Bern...
Thanks. Yes, these are my coins. Coins of Offa and Coenwulf are rare, but relatively common compared to the succeeding kings of Mercia- Ceolwulf...
Mercia was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom and one part of the "heptarchy" of the early medieval period of England. Mercia became the dominant kingdom of...
Collecting medieval coins is certainly a labor of love. Coins are often downright ugly and the idea of "completion" is more or less impossible....
Just picked up my first coin of Edward I: [ATTACH]
Oldest provenance I can report from my collection is from 1695. Ripon hoard stycas. I have a few of them. They came into the possession of the...
I don't like it. Sorry. I think likely to be a forgery. But I am no expert on these.
I suppose collecting is somewhere in our genes. Think about all the kids that were out collecting Pokemon. It's quite different than collecting...
I responded in the other thread but will add my comments here as well: Looks like an Ashmore forgery. Trevor Ashmore was a prolific counterfeiter...
Looks like an Ashmore forgery. Trevor Ashmore was a prolific counterfeiter of English coins in the 1960s. His coins have this "look". I have...
One more unusual type, recently acquired: [ATTACH] Eclectic sceat, "fledgling" type O: Wolf head facing right, coiled serpent facing wolf R:...
As with stories of antiquity, the ending is not nearly as important as the journey. I guess we moved away from that somewhat since books became...
That's a very nice series D continental sceat. The artistry is far superior to my example where the bust has become very abstract. The...
Series K (K for Kent, although many other series of these coins are also Kentish), presents a figure that is among the finest in Anglo-Saxon...
[ATTACH] Secondary phase, series G O: Diademed bust right R: Standard with 3 saltires [ATTACH] Secondary phase, series H O: Central face with...
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