It's an ancient Lincoln penny from the time of Antoninus Pius (138-161)
AAAAhh the resurrection of Christ during the Black Death monies :blackalien::blackalien::blackalien:
Alfonso was King of Leon (1065-1072), Galicia (1071-1072), in 1072 he united Leon, Castile and Galicia in the Kingdom of Castile and Leon, which...
The grossi from Tripoli should be approached with great attention, there are many fakes and some are very convincing.
From the previous webauction of theirs: [ATTACH]
The best advice that could be given in this situation has already been given: buy the Malloy book and get familiarized with the realms and the...
A rather scarce early type siliqua for Valens: [ATTACH] AR18mm 1.97g silver siliqua, minted at Nicomedia, cca. 367 DN VALENS - PF AVG;...
Whenever I might get inclined to see an unlikely feature on a Byzantine spec as intentional rather than the result of the ubiquitous striking...
Michael VIII Sear 2269 with reversed dies: [ATTACH]
No problem, whenever's convenient.
So after the 'new' design introduced by Henri I in 1164, Henri II returned in the 1180s to the older ca. 1150s-1164 design, with the adagio of...
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I really need to read that work. For instance this was presented by CGB as Henri II: [ATTACH] Would a better likelyhood be Henri I early reign...
These were probably made for private use. Here is one from the 500s: [ATTACH] Exagium nomisma 14x12mm 4.16g
Exquisite design and rare also. This series started so late in Henri's reign? Did Thibaut's coinage continue after 1152 and into Henri's reign?...
Is mail getting delivered on Saturdays and Sundays in the US?
I was hoping to see someone here winning the Theodosius II AE2 of Cherson
Another campgate eyes to heaven, this time from unlisted (but known) officina Γ [ATTACH]
The early Crusader coinage from Antioch is very common nowadays, allowing for interesting specimens to always be available. Some time ago I wrote...
I find it somewhat funny and revealing about our postmodernist perspective the fact that we're making fun of a representation that was...
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