Very nice! No Napoleons for me, but do have an Elizabeth [ATTACH] England Elizabeth I, r. 1558-1603 (1579) AR Three Pence, Fifth Issue, 18.91mm...
I never said they were ancient. But there isn't a 'Medievals' forum on Cointalk. Production methods I find to be closer to ancient methods than...
I don't know specifically about Edward I & II coins, but when Edward II took the throne, if no changes were made to the coins (since he shared a...
It's all good @Smojo ! I don't think things have gone too far and too unagreeable. My apologies if my criticisms made it seem that way... but I...
Maybe I'm being too literal, but that letter states that the head is an ideal represensation of "America" (personified), but that the plumes of...
There are whole books on the crusading coins (metcalf is one the comes to mind, but I know there are others). I have not yet read any myself, but...
The Romans may have never used the term Byzantine, but it is a convenient term for us modern people to clearly distinguish the differences of the...
Byzantine. It's the term that's been used for years, and anyone who has researched any Byzantine history knows they are the Roman Empire. (Then...
1210 and all right on my first try! I might have been faster if I was on a computer instead of a tablet - the scroll feature on the quiz doesn't...
Design looks like a denar of Sigismund from Hungary - I can't quite make out the legend though. Style doesn't look too far off on the lettering...
Compared to the debased deniers of the time (which I believe were then being called piccoli in contrast to grossi) they were larger. The piccoli...
In terms of collecting medieval coins, it's not necessarily a bad book, but overly ambitious, and could have probably benefited from an...
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