Thank you for the kind words @alde - I just love the history and the coins!
While I have been trying to keep my collecting focus on coins of the Normans, I have a hard time resisting other coins of historical significance,...
Even the runners-up are awesome! Well done
Brilliant coins, @TypeCoin971793! The hammered coins are excellent - I love the Metz Grosso, amd you got quite the deal on the John penny. (I...
I can’t think of a specific thread that is my favorite, but I have always loved the ‘top 10’ threads at the end of the year. I’m a little...
Frynas, Jędrzej George. Medieval Coins of Bohemia, Hungary, and Poland. London: Spink, 2015. ISBN: 978-1907427527 Cost: £45 [ATTACH] Grade: B...
What I have learned from this thread is that we have a lot of metal heads here. No wonder I like you guys...
Main book at the moment is Beard’s SPQR. Secondary is Medieval Coins of Bohemia, Hungary, and Poland. Just got the newest volume of the Haskin’s...
Aha! So TIF was my competition! Granted, I didn’t put up much of a fight, but congrats on the win - It’s an intriguing coin!
That is awesome. It took me a minute to realize why it ended when it did...
remind me and I’ll try to look into this tomorrow (just got home after a long rough day...)
SN at the start would be the moneyer’s name I think. At the end you have ‘ON EO’ (which I saw on another poster with the same coin recently...)....
Very nice - let’s make this legitimate: [ATTACH] Kingdom of Bactria Menander I r. c. 165/55-130 B.C. AR Drachm, 15.71mm x 2.5 grams Obv.:...
I think most of the piccolos of Venice do.
I have since put the package back in the envelope, where it will reside under the tree until the appointed time. I’m glad you can rest easy, Q!
Apologies for reviving an old thread, but I have a relevant update: I managed to snag a coin of Enrico Dandolo! [ATTACH] Italy - Venice Enrico...
OH NO!!! My Saturnalia gift arrived, and I OPENED IT because I was expecting a different package to be coming from France! Luckily Q was kind...
That is the first time I ever saw the portrait in these coins. Now it all makes sense! Thank you for sharing
I live that the games in the ancient forum are “guess what this is” instead of “guess the grade”
I was going to narrow this down to my best Ancient Portrait, amd my best Medieval Portrait, but I had two lovely Ancient portraits that I just had...
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