It was minted during the reign of James VI of Scotland (the son of Mary Queen of Scots). If you look closely at the obverse you will see fairly...
Ah Ha! I believe so.....
A didrachm from the Greek colony of Gela in Sicilly circa 490-480 BC
It is difficult to single out one `favourite' when you have as broad a collecting interest as I have. :( Choices from ancient greek coins;...
alt 0128 does it for me...... as in € :) Ian
Your `gold' coin does appear to be a bit of a fantasy coin, and i would think it rather fantastic if it turned out to be gold (especially with the...
It's definitely a Mexican from Mexico City. The `M' is very evident after REX (even if the small `o' above the M isn't). Only one F after 1R...
The one real has been around as a currency unit (in cob form) since at least Phillip II came to the throne in 1598, and probably before....
I can't help with any data concerning the fairs, but here's a list of the known mints in the Champagne region from Merovingian through to 15th C....
Ah, but was the coin of Henry I the Liberal? or Henry II the Young? Troyes mint had long since been active as a mint during the Merovingian...
I think there is still some scope for the `educational' context if peop's can keep their cool. I think the concept of there being only a...
Actually, I would have thought that Alexander would have counted on the support of his fellow deity Ares, the Greek name for the god of war,...
I've come across a few of Margaret Thompson's works and have (in general) been impressed. I haven't read anything of hers that is quite so focused...
Thanks. I suspected that might be the case. Plenty of scope for someone to do the research and discovery at some point. Not me however. Too many...
Yep. Bang on again. I don't know very much about these Alexander issues. It's a vast subject area and an interesting one. Is there any...
The `Alpha Ro' monogram under the throne signifies Arados mint (or so I have been led to believe). I had thought the coin to be circa 325 bc but I...
Bang on. What's your take on the first? Ian
Here's a couple of mine. Sadly (as expressed elsewhere) trying to scan three dimensional items like Alex tet's can be tricky at the best of times....
I have to have a bit of a chuckle reading this Doug. When I first started buying via the internet, all the stuff I was interested in seemed to...
I know the Netherlands coinage through the silver, and I like the one year portrait of Wilhelmina the most. You aptly refer to it as suggesting...
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