Following the entries that I have written this early summer about Vierzon (and its 12th century coinage, which can be read here) and Nogent-le-Roi...
Glad I could help
It's a Latin issue from Constantinople, Sear 2024, DOC 4, Malloy 4, Hendy Type D, from around the early 1220s.
A spec that you will no doubt appreciate:[ATTACH]
Excellent find.
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To be a revalued coin you should be able to distinguish a numeral to stand for the number of nummii this coin would be valued at. The scratches...
The tornesello is a different type, made to supleant the tournois, that apparently had a gap in minting after Giovanni de Gravina. Most of the...
... or the monogram of the customer.
Another possibility outside that of the bottom of a vase might be a vase with round panels like this one, mid 7th century, Levantine origin. This...
Some more hybrids from the collection of Vittorio Emanuele III, cf. Bollettino di Numismatica 36, 2015: [ATTACH] #34, Nicola II 1462-1464, hybrid...
This is a nice Robert de Taranto
Without a thorough quantitative study of the hoard and of the particularities of specific coins apart from this spec, it is rather hard to be sure...
A carnival of coins
Thank you, I have never seen a tournois that I didn't like :vamp::vamp::greyalien:
As expected, this coin is listed neither in Monete dell'Abruzzo e del Molise by D'Andrea and Andreani, nor in Il denaro tornese nell'Italia...
It looks of the same hand and material as these: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/new-galla-placidia-and-authenticity-concerns.316204/
Also, the obverse legend is very likely ALFONSVS REX. Very likely Alfonso of Trastamara as King of the Two Sicilies.
Extremely interesting. In the weekend I'll be able to consult some books and I will return with some notes. Some preliminary questions first:...
No problem, excellent coins.
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