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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2934522, member: 10461&quot;]Great &quot;Dark Age&quot; stuff!</p><p><br /></p><p>This one is my clear favorite.&nbsp; The &quot;fantastic animal&quot; is indeed... <i>fantastic.&nbsp; </i>In every sense of the word.&nbsp; Based on the prior responses, you seem to have a crowd-pleaser here.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/eadberht-6a-jpg.712936/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I would welcome that one in my collection, with open arms.</p><p><br /></p><p>Though relatively primitive coins have not always been my cup o&#039; tea, I&#039;m warming to them considerably these days, particularly when they come from such interesting times and places.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is why I don&#039;t object to the term &quot;Dark Ages&quot;, though it has fallen out of favor with scholars and academics.&nbsp; To me, it implies not so much the darkness of ignorance in the pejorative sense, but more &quot;dark&quot; as in <i>mysterious</i>.&nbsp; And intriguingly mysterious historical relics are wonderful.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>No exceptions here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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