I would say that tari is pretty standard. It's not the nicest since you can't see the outer legend. Most of them have ragged flans, and are all...
Gorgeous Coins @Alegandron ! Looks like you are having a stellar year!
'Tis indeed a Tari: [ATTACH] Norman Italy - Sicily Roger II, r. 1130-1154 (1140-1154) Palermo mint, AV Taris, 12.66 mm x 1.1 grams Obv.: Outer...
I'm now beaming with pride! I can join the ranks of troll. Honestly I could understand why I may be ignored for posting a lot of medieval stuff...
The Norman focus has been a recent decision. My focus has really been 12th century. I had bought a few Caracalla denarii in the past and decided...
Yes, I had been thinking about that. In January I thought I already had my top purchases with the two Henries...
I just received my two wins from Ken's recent auction (thanks Ken, they're beautiful!), and it occurred to me that this was the half point of the...
I do enjoy the modern decimal coins. Why the choice of the piedfort? Incidentally, here is an interesting website that records the counterfeit...
Italian?!? [ATTACH] Italian, Rome Roman Senate, c. 12-13th C. AR Denier, 17.26 mm x 0.9 grams Obv.: [RO]M[A CAPVT] MV[N]. Legend beginning at...
The source of this coin was eBay.it - obviously has the same pitfalls as the US version. But, you can still find a good variety of medieval and...
I won't subject you to all my medieval... however, I can stay relavant with a Henry VII (None of Henry VIII for me... yet) [ATTACH] England...
I haven't been able to do much with my collection lately, having been away on a work trip. However, I did have this coin arrive from Italy last...
Congrats jwitten!
I suspect the website is early bids before an actual live auction takes place at a physical location. Live-bidder then has you competing against...
Very kind of you Orfew - I'm in with the intention of putting it towards my students (yep, I'm still trying to pull Coins together - got a bid in...
I'm a stickler for accuracy... except my scale is only accurate 1/10 and not 1/100... (time for an upgrade I guess...)
I don't know, but I've been noticing this flan shape on a lot of Bronze issues from the 12th century that are Byzantine or influenced by them. I...
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