This coin is an interesting curiosity: [ATTACH] AE22x18mm, 1g, struck on a very thin flan of spread fabric, more similar to a late 14th century...
Another from the same "workshop" sold on ebay around January 2014: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The "Eraric monogram" from January 2014. Notice the overall appearance, the thin lettering, the bust design and the fabric of the flan: [ATTACH]...
I think these originate in Bulgaria or Serbia. I remember first seeing this type of fabric, design and lettering style in 2014 on a purported coin...
I'm very glad to have inspired interest in the coinage of the European Middle Ages! Good luck figuring this one out!
It really is a wonderful coin. The more I look at it, the more interesting it becomes. I have seen a few consular legends for Constantine and...
It might be a question of space. The consular issues for Probus are all around 24/25+ mm and the same is true about the Maxentius consulars. The...
Seems like a rarity indicator that is still relevant today, apart from all the R5's and unlisted variations that are a dime a dozen.
This is a very special coin. It was minted very briefly at the end of 383 or beginning of 384 during the initial phases of the introduction of the...
That's it.
... So what's the ID? :)
Excellent guess!
No, the tournois of Robert d'Artois are usually of pretty decent standard, not monnaie noire.
I'd recommend trying to decipher the reverse legend (the one on the chateau tournois side).
No takers up until now, so here is a hint: it was minted during a feudal conflict closely associated with the Hundred Years War.
Because some of you manifested interest in my previous puzzles, here I am with a new puzzle post. Monnaie noire meant a low title billon, minted...
All of them are good and most in VF condition. The pitting alternating with the glossy surface is most likely the result chemical cleaning with a...
One of the German dealers who regularly shows little regard to thoroughly identifying their stock.
Some years ago, I read a very interesting article about a double radiate of Florian. It's probably one of the rarest late roman coins known....
Puny mortals, bow down to the numismatic caterpillar of doom!!! [ATTACH]
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