The missing dot might be accounted by a cluttered die. To me the portrait and the overall style of the coin looks more like Tripolis. Look at...
I suggest using www.ric.mom.fr for the 268-276 period. Your coin is there: http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/3227
I'm actually quite glad to see people interested in this period of French history. The variety and complexity of the coinage is just extra :)
I'd also like to add, if permitted, a nice and very interesting issue for Henry II as Lord and Sire of the Kingdom of Jerusalem: [ATTACH]...
Glad they are of service. My hope is that these articles reach collectors and numismatists and maybe even inspire them to branch out to areas...
There was also the mint of the Diocese of Meaux which minted in Champagne in the 12th century. Also, and here it gets confusing, there was the...
... And a very nice graphic representation of the coin :)
Dear friends, I've written and uploaded another article. This one is called: "Theodore Mankaphas or Theodore Branas?" and deals with a...
Yes, this is what I also suspect. Apparently Palermo was already a predilect mint for the kharuba during William's reign. I'm not an expert on...
Where these minted at Messina AND Palermo? I'm asking because between autumn 1190 and early spring 1191 Messina couldn't have minted anything as...
Here is a coin minted at Castello Metelino (Mytilene) in Lesbos by Dorino Gattilusio of the Gattilusio Enterprise in the Aegean around...
Greece in the later part of the 14th century was a rather chaotic and dangerous place to be for lords and commoners alike. Because of that, coin...
I'm not collecting anymore but still into the research and once in a while I write numismatic articles on different subjects from the Late Empire...
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Thank you :) The blog articles I keep as short and clear as possible and their purpose is first and foremost to popularize the interesting and...
Hello, Here is a new article, on a more speculative note, as the subject matter is rather obscure and under-researched, although very interesting...
Which is that the more a monogram on the subsequent type differs from the blueprint issue, the later it must be. Adding to the clues Henri's name...
I also think he mostly applied this logic of artistic interpretation of old design devices on the immobilisé types.
You will very likely not find a comprehensive enough explanation from Poey d'Avant but the most likely reason for the difference is that although...
Your denier is most likely minted under Henri II at Troyes, most likely before his departure for the Holy Land, around 1185-1189. According to...
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