I was watching that one too. Probably so, J. Baker in his latest book Coinage and Money in Medieval Greece 1200-1430 assigns all these copper...
Italian coinage is probably one of the most interesting, diverse and complex areas of medieval numismatics, so it was always a side interest that...
This is a Claudius II SPQR series type that I got from @Brian Bucklan 5yrs ago ---- Smyrna end of 268: [ATTACH]
Well, it's the SOLE INVICTO variety so you probably did well. [ATTACH]
Unfortunately I can't be of much use with this one. Besides what the other collegues said, it might also be a mid 13th century Bela IV (perhaps...
The bust is holding a spear over the right shoulder and possibly a shield(?) and there is also a letter to the left of Pax -- possibly B? From...
Robin is right, it does look like it came from a British hoard.
They are both deniers of Le Puy-en-Velay but not from the 13th century but from the 11th century.
Your Crusader coin might likely be a copper from the Barony of Sidon in the 1260s, see here for similar:...
I'd like this to become an ongoing thread about things that we just could not identify properly, although they are detailed enough to grant an...
This is a 'tessera mercantile' possibly cast for use in the city of Jaffa late 12th to early 13th century. Notice the obverse design with the...
Extraordinary coin, that is the quintessential Trebizond coin.
My experience has been that if you are interested in a certain issue of a certain realm/polity, you search for articles or (less available...
Your example is what I was thinking of.
Poey d'Avant's work has the great advantage of being a general catalog of feudal coinages and this is why it is still used as a reference today....
I figured it's been a minute since my last thread and this coin stands out as an unusual and scarce apparition.
That is an extraordinary coin and the price only goes to show that. It's similar to the case of the Magnus Maximus maiorina minted at...
In 1505, Michelangelo left Florence for Rome at the invitation of Pope Julius II. As such, he'd embark in one of humanity's greatest artistic...
A later issue for Florent d'Avesnes-Hainaut at Glarentza in Morea, with a very interesting reverse die -- the last A of + DЄ CLARЄNCIA has been...
A scarce denaro scodellato immobilized in the name of Holy Roman Emperor Frederic I Barbarossa at the mint of Milano ca. 1185/1200-1240 acquired a...
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