Long time no ancient posting so with this thread I'd like to return to one of my earlier interests: the coinage of the Late Empire in general and...
This particular trachy could be assigned to either Manuel of the Komnenodoukai of Thessalonica (1230-1237) or to Michael II of the Komnenodoukai...
In 414-415 the Visigoths based in Septimania and Aquitaine propped Priscus Attalus in his second usurpation and a local Gallic mint, located...
A short historical and numismatic overview By 1285/6, Charles I d'Anjou was dead and his heir Charles II was held captive in Messina to the...
The coinage of Vienne is usually very common. The earlier coinage, the grand deniers are scarcer. But this grand denier, minted most likely...
Around the mid 1160s, the Holy Sepulchre complex, whose building began as early as the 1140s, during the reign of Queen Melisende of Jerusalem, is...
This autumn, quite unexpectedly, a rather wild trachion appeared at an auction from a well-known German dealer: [ATTACH] AE24mm, 3.25g, copper...
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...
Guy de Lusignan is generally ill-regarded historically, some of which is deserved, some just a result of things beyond his own control. But what...
This antoninian of Ticinum sold in late July for 705EUR: [ATTACH] Silvered Antoninianus/Aurelianus, AE24mm 3.86g OBV: VIRTVS PR - OBI - AVG;...
Alphonse Jourdain was born in 1103 at Mont Pelerin, a castle in the soon-to-be County of Tripoli, where his father was crusading and founding...
The Hoard of Gisors was discovered in 1970 (Michel Amandry - Tresors Monetaires XXV). It appears to have been deposited after 1244 and comprises...
Usually there is a lot of trouble trying to date French medieval coinage. If you are lucky, you can assign a coinage to a certain part of the...
Seigneurie de Nogent-le-Roi entered the possession of Hugo de Beauvais during the reign of Hugo Capet and was inherited by Roger at the death of...
The last few years have seen so many fakes after late roman and migration perriod rarities coming to surface and unfortunately the same "workshop"...
Something interesting that I cannot remember seeing on medieval billon deniers outside of the Holy Land - a very nice iridescent golden glow:...
One of my main interests is in obscure lords of the feudal West, especially those who can be tied to either crusading and/or taking the pilgrimage...
About Alphonse de France as Count of Toulouse I have written an entry a few months ago (It can be read here:...
Berengar, also recorded as Raymond-Berengar, was the son of Raymond I of Narbonne. His reign as Viscount (1023-1067) was announced by his father...
Another lady one does not really see too often: Jeanne de Savoie, as Duchess of Bretagne (1329-1341) and Viscountess of Limoges...
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