[ATTACH] Norman lands are in pink. Original image was found here. I've been on a bit of a binge buying Norman coins of late. I will partially...
I think I'll be going Friday morning, hunting for some cheap Romans for my classroom excercise (and maybe some medieval style for myself...)....
It suddenly popped up on my notifications that my supporter status expired! And since I became a supporter after my first year here, this means...
I seem to have fallen into the ancients recently and haven't bought many medievals. I'm sure I'll get back to them at some point. Anyway, just...
Here is another recent purchase of mine in the ancients categories. While a coin of Commodus has been on my want list for a while, it's really a...
I feel like I haven't been posting much on the forums lately, but I certainly haven't been out of the game! I will hopefully have some fun...
[ATTACH] The Tisbury Hoard, in the Salisbury Museum. Last summer my wife and I vacationed in southern England. Going to the U.K. Is nothing...
Hello all! Work has been consuming me lately, but I've finally reached spring break and a chance to relax. There have been a series of coin...
Hello all - I contemplated resurrecting a threat @Ardatirion started 6 years ago regarding some coins from Kilwa, but thought it might be best to...
The region of Champagne is today best known for its distinctive sparkling wine. The common belief is that a 17th century monk named Dom Perignon...
This was the order given by King Henry I in 1125. Specifically, they should each "lose their right hand and be castrated."1 According to the...
As mentioned in the 'snow' thread, my wife gave me some photography equipment so I could help improve my photographs. Unfortunately a new camera...
So there was a thread in the coin chat forum last year about goals for 2016, but since I spend most of my time with the Ancient folk, I thought...
Okay, I've been delaying posting my top ten until I could get up the post of my Philip von Heinsberg coin. While I didn't have a large number of...
I had recently made a goal to complete a certain set of medieval French coins before the end of the year, but had to take a departure from that...
Since I am trying to be better read on the coins themselves and not just the history, I've been making an effort to read more coin related books....
I'm quite excited by my newest coin, not only for the very interesting design (let's face it, most medieval coin designs are rather boring), but...
I may be a bit odd in this, but to save on paper and printing, I only create labels for my coins when I have ten ready to go in my album (My coin...
At @Alegandron 's insistence, here's a couple of coins I got at the recent NCNA show down in Charlotte. I was attempting to keep my focus to just...
Hello everyone - I recently found a bit of a steal in a local junk shop, and while this might not be ancient, it is still hammered so I thought it...
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