The de Witt catalogs, although very useful for analogies and the quality of the print and the images, they often have mistakes in the...
Speaking of Spanish: Constans = Constante
The AE imitation of the Anastasius follis might be a local coinage for Sirmium under the Gepids. Take a look here for an air of similarity:...
There is no definitive and singular perspective about what constitutes "crusader coins." But there are two main directions, both part of pretty...
These coins were immobilized for about 100 years, time during which the fabric and style went through changes and degenerated. Also it seems that...
CLBC 11.35.2 is just one specimen recorded, but rather similar to 11.20.2 at least as far as the reverse goes. Naumann has had 3 specs similar to...
I dont have CLBC to check Naumann's id, but the picture provided is very similar to the one I posted earlier and that bearded saint on the obverse...
I think it is similar to 11.20.2 and not sure it even is in DOC (or maybe similar to IV-21.2?). These are rather hard to pin down but the general...
Where would be the fun in easy ones
Here is something that Byzantine specialists will definitely appreciate. Any guesses what it is? [ATTACH]
I have watched these giveaways that some members were generous enough to host and, although I did not intervene in any threads regarding, I've...
Frederic II or for that matter any Holy Roman Emperor did not base their coinage on "dug" Roman coins but on a tradition that Charlemagne started...
CESAR AVG IMP ROM + FRIDERICVS
Two dineros from the height of the Reconquista. Although very well represented in private and public collections, one does not see the coins of...
About Alphonse de France as Count of Toulouse I have written an entry a few months ago (It can be read here:...
Hi Karpathy, Charles Robert d'Anjou, King of Hungary and Robert d'Anjou, King of Naples were two different Angevins. Charles Robert was the...
It seems that this thread is getting revived again. Here is another image of the Provins et Sens coin presented earlier, under Eudes I de Blois,...
It's a very battered Valens SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE Victory advancing left.
In the case of medieval coins things are often more extreme, with issues that can be dated to the exact day when the series began being minted to...
An official coin would be billon, similar to the tournois minted by Giovanni di Gravina at Glarentza during this same period. Your spec seems base...
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