Mintmarks are usually at the beginning of the legend. What's in the middle of the cross I think is a quatrefoil which would indicate it was...
Nice coins Steve! Now I feel like I have some catching up to do...
Only just saw the post Alegandron, but I love the coin! I use that coin as an illustration in my class, and have half kept an eye out for one.
Gorgeous coin! I just went through the Axumite kingdom with my students - They were shocked when I told them I didn't have a coin from here...
Love the coins, Loong! I need to get a Saladin myself... I've got Richard from Aquitaine: [ATTACH] Poitou, "Angevine Empire" Richard I, r....
Glad you're feeling better! I had pnemonia back in November, and I'm still coughing up stuff... Not fun.
There was a writer (I want to say it was Heroditus, but I am unsure) who attributed the Etruscans and their ancestors (whom he says were the...
Gorgeous coins Noob! And an appropriate way to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of the Danish conquest of England. I'm hoping to pick ups Cnut...
I couldn't hunk of any special meanin, but they are very interesting!
Welcome Matt! Despite being cut, there is some excellent detail on that coin, being issued from Stephen! How is Norfolk these days? I lived in...
I credit Once & Future king with my becoming a medievalist (that and a series of other influences - but I was the only one of my fellow colleagues...
Welcome Pellinore! Find the Questing Beast yet?
Okay, apologies for the delay, but as promised: some better pictures of my gift from Santa: [ATTACH] Imperial Rome Gordian III, r. 238-244 A.D....
Those cleaned up really well Britannia!
I tried to explain the game of knucklebones to my students. In an age of iPhones, I'm not sure there was anything so foreign to them.., Awesome...
I signed mine - didn't realize we were suppose to keep it secret after the gift had been opened!
Many thanks to my Secret Santa! There was a lovely trio of 3rd (& early 4th...) century Romans! With family here I haven't had a chance to take...
My cousin's children are getting into coin collecting, so I sent them a bunch of quarters and pennies, plus an ancient each...
Merry Christmas all!
Thanks Seraf - I was a little surprised by its resurrection, but this is a time and place that quite interests me. More so in England than...
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