I heard (from an unreliable source) that the earliest known reference/depiction of eyeglasses is actually found in a medieval Italian coin. The...
Someone posted pictures of medieval Georgian coins, stating how unusual and sometimes how unobtainable and rare they are. I think this field of...
The 'Duchy of Nitra' was established by the Arpadian dynasty as an appanage for the heirs of the Kingdom of Hungary starting around 1046, when...
Greetings! Can anyone help me identify this coin? 9-10 mm 0.32 g I tried to search online but failed. I have already reviewed thousands of coin...
Greetings! Can anyone help me identify this coin? 9-10 mm 0.32 g I tried to search online but failed. Thank you in advance! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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I have several reproduction coins, possibly modeled after what I am guessing are medieval french coins. They are made of aluminum and stamped with...
I am new to Coin Talk, and I am hoping that someone can help me with attributing a copper coin that I have. I purchased it about 15 years ago in a...
December 6th is St. Nicholas’ day. Today, the saint is most closely associated as the inspiration for Santa Claus, as the original saint was...
This small currency of the County of Tripoli was used towards the end of Christian rule on the mainland coast of the Eastern Levant. It is...
Here is my latest acquisition, a very desirable medieval bracteate. On the one hand and mostly because of the historical importance of this abbey,...
I’ve seen some weekly themed posts lately, and I thought it might be nice to have a general medieval pile-on thread! Feel free to post any...
This is purportedly a Norman imitation of Byzantine prototypes, during the earlier phases of the invasion and occupation of southern Italy....
Here's a fun one, if you like this sort of thing. Robert II, ‘le Jeune,’ Comte de Dreux 1188-1218. AR denier parisis of Dreux. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
The latest larger addition to my collection is something you don’t see everyday here on CoinTalk: a medieval gigliato struck by the Knights...
A few years ago, a dealer at a coin show showed me an absolutely gorgeous Mezzanino Nuovo minted during the years of Doge Andrea Dandolo (r....
I’m rather excited by my recent acquisition, as I have been searching for a Scandinavian imitation of an English penny for some time now:...
I deal with a lot of late medieval Spanish coins. I came across this with a large lot of Spanish coins. I believe that it is dated 1654, but that...
It has widely been acknowledged that the first coin issued by the Normans in Normandy was a denier by William Longsword which featured a cross...
Hi everyone, I recently acquired a small lot of "Octopus man" coins from the Chola dynasty of Southern India and Sri Lanka. These coins were first...
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