@TheRed - I’m glad you were able to grab a Henry II! I know you had been after one of those (and I have admittedly been looking for one for you…)
Agreed with Above - the images are just too poor to make out anything (it doesn’t look English though…)
Sorry for your loss @octavius [ATTACH] Imperial Rome Caracalla, r. 198-217 A.D. (204 A.D.) Rome Mint, AR Denarius, 20.4mm x 3.21 grams Obv.:...
Gotta love some Anglo-Gallic coins! [ATTACH] French Feudal - Aquitaine Henry II, r. 1152-1168 Bordeaux Mint, BL Denier, 16.57mm x 0.8 grams Obv.:...
actually there were. A student had just gifted me some books with a lot of primary source documents which I was going to use in my class, and...
Well, I was planning on posting earlier today since the semester was wrapping up, and I had just a couple of exams left to grade. Except when I...
Congrats @L C! And my own shout-out to @TheRed who just pointed me into the direction of getting a reasonably priced copy of this book too! You...
I can say with certainty that I did not pay anywhere near that amount for my coin! I do believe Lincoln was a prominent spot that was fought over...
I don’t believe it is considered a baronial issue, as it was issued anonymously/intentionally obscure. If I recall, this issue was only found at...
Come tomorrow, this thread will be four years old. I have certainly added to my Norman coin collection since posting. Most of the coins from...
Nice coins as always John - while I know there is a question over the PAX penny being william I or William Rufus, I thought the two star issue was...
Thanks @A.E. Follis - although I am not sure that the attribution to Anfusus is correct (that is how it was sold to me). I’ve since done a little...
The chronology of the sultans of Kilwa is not certain. I decided to revise the dating of my coins to follow Fleisher and Wynne-Jones’ article in...
Since @+VGO.DVCKS posted this awesome thread on Kilwa Coins, I’ll post my other Kilwa coin for Medieval Monday! [ATTACH] East Africa - Kilwa...
Gorgeous example @+VGO.DVCKS! I was lucky to snag one of his predecessors from our friend too: [ATTACH] East Africa - Kilwa Sultanate Sulaymān...
They are good! So far I have reviewed all of the books in the series (except this one) here
Nearly missed it! But here’s a post for Monday. I just got a new Follis from Antioch in the mail today - I don’t have a photo of it yet, but...
that is disappointing! I enjoy this series, but I have enough of a backlog that I can wait.
I forgot it was Monday! Since we’re back on the English coins, here’s my Henry II: [ATTACH] England Henry II, r. 1154-1189 (1180-1189) London...
Like vcoins, you are buying from individual dealers. I use it all the time and have had many good experiences. A lot of the dealers are in...
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