Thanks for sharing. Very informative
Beautiful!! Nice solid piece @panzerman
Thanks.. looking at your avatars I think you can relate to this? Haha
Thanks.. this is as good a condition as it can get.. if not for a slight weak struck point 8 o'clock on the shield, it will be a complete shield...
Spain. Philip II (1556-98) Gold 4 Escudo (Double doubloon). Seville mint. Surveyor D After the discovery of the new world, Similar to the...
I would caution placing too much faith on these Chinese online appraisers. Having collected Chinese coins and mixing with them, I can tell you...
I posted a thread of mine some time ago https://www.cointalk.com/threads/medieval-india-western-gangas-gold-elephant.287203/#post-2580402
Like I said I do not have a scale to obtain the exact weight. Nonetheless the providence of this coin is solid. Also, I would not be too confident...
Are you referring to the western gangas gold elephant pagoda?
Yes.. these were used as currency. By this time each warring state has their own currency equivalents. This piece is around 40 x 60mm. I don't...
Thanks.. actually the term middle kingdom was a loosely used term through history .. in fact it is more pre modern to modern times.. the...
Eastern Zhou Dynasty Warring states period (400- 300BC) - Liang state bronze spade during the Zhou Dynasty. "An Yi Er Jin" obverse with "An" in...
Awesome postings @FitzNigel @Alegandron ...! I particularly like the Islamic dressed Crusader...
I love these early Hartill numbers man!! I'm debating and hoping maybe one day I'll try and get a large early spade also...
Wow!! That's the first time I saw this.. I particularly like the cross cultural influence @FitzNigel .. they were clearly Christian but held on to...
Thanks @Orfew ... beautiful Saladin specimen!!!
Thanks.. they are beautiful and of high purity gold. Some designs included linear Arabic kalimah which I did not quiet find as appealing. They...
Fatimid Dynasty of Northern Africa. Al-Mu'izz Li Din Allah (932-975) Gold Dinar. The Fatimids were a major power during the medieval ages that...
Thanks @chrsmat71 .. I'd think of these as contenders for the first attempts at bimettalic coins in history...
@Bing must be a hardcore MA fan.. 16 legion coins? Wow!
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