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<p>[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 4969573, member: 110504"]First, thanks are due to [USER=87080]@TheRed[/USER] for suggesting this in the thread, <font size="4">Ancient & Medieval Coins Canada (AMCC) 3, started by [USER=44210]@ValiantKnight[/USER].</font></p><p><font size="4">Meanwhile, this is a case study in my ongoing adventures, since joining the forum, finding the .jpgs of my coins, especially older acquisitions. These were relatively easy to track down. First, my less than stellar denier of Henry II, as Duke of Aquitaine in right of his wife, Eleanor of (...wait for it...) Aquitaine.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]1194352[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]1194354[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="4">AR denier of Henry II, King of England 1154-1189, as de jure Duke of Aquitaine (from 1152).</font></p><p><font size="4">Obv. +hENRICVS REX.</font></p><p><font size="4">Rev. In four lines: o + o [/] AQVI [/] TANI [/] o E o.</font></p><p><font size="4">Duplessy 1030, Boudeau 469, Roberts 3881. (...Sorry, I don't have a copy of Elias, who goes into the series in much greater depth. Duplessy cites his no. 1; somewhere online, I found a reference to no. 7. ...Just <i>wish </i>I had the book.)</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]1194363[/ATTACH]</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]1194365[/ATTACH]</font></p><p><font size="4">Richard I, King of England 1189-1199, as count of Poitou (in northern Aquitaine; initially held as an appanage, from 1172.) Denier of Poitiers.</font></p><p><font size="4">Obv. +RICARDVS REX.</font></p><p><font size="4">Rev. In four lines: o [/] PIC [/] TAVIE [/] NSIS ('Pictaviensis;' Poitiers.)</font></p><p><font size="4">Duplessy 920-928. (Sadly, Duplessy doesn't list this variant, with the annulet at the top of the reverse. As Elias, in all likelihood, does. ...Yes, you lose some comprehensiveness with Duplessy --making him, in that sense, the more modern version of Boudeau, c. 1910's, who, in turn, abridged Poey d'Avant, c. 1860. But from Poey, there's a steady progression toward up-to-date numismatic techniques, especially regarding hoard evidence.) </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]1194403[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="4">And this is my first, and worse example of Edward as duke of Aquitaine, prior to his coronation. (Nope, can't find the better one to lower the (expl.) rent.)</font></p><p><font size="4">Obv. lion, 'passant' (in heraldry, on all fours --but not exactly. In decent examples, one front paw is raised, and this (expl.) has a Lot of mane).</font></p><p><font size="4">(From 1 o'clock: ) +EDVVARD' FILI' (Edward, son....)</font></p><p><font size="4">Rev. (from 6 o'clock; dealer's picture: ) +h'REGIS ANGLIE (...[of] Henry [III], King of England.) </font></p><p><font size="4">By the 13th century, even in the medieval Latin, the transition is well underway, from the constructs, 'ANGLORVM' (late Anglo-Saxon coins; 'the English people') and 'FRANCORVM' ('the Frankish people;' from 9th-century Carolingian coins, but mostly in reference to, um, France), to the more substantive, Angevin and Capetian constructs, 'Anglie' and 'Francie.'</font></p><p><font size="4">(Duplessy 1037.)</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 4969573, member: 110504"]First, thanks are due to [USER=87080]@TheRed[/USER] for suggesting this in the thread, [SIZE=4]Ancient & Medieval Coins Canada (AMCC) 3, started by [USER=44210]@ValiantKnight[/USER]. Meanwhile, this is a case study in my ongoing adventures, since joining the forum, finding the .jpgs of my coins, especially older acquisitions. These were relatively easy to track down. First, my less than stellar denier of Henry II, as Duke of Aquitaine in right of his wife, Eleanor of (...wait for it...) Aquitaine. [ATTACH=full]1194352[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1194354[/ATTACH] AR denier of Henry II, King of England 1154-1189, as de jure Duke of Aquitaine (from 1152). Obv. +hENRICVS REX. Rev. In four lines: o + o [/] AQVI [/] TANI [/] o E o. Duplessy 1030, Boudeau 469, Roberts 3881. (...Sorry, I don't have a copy of Elias, who goes into the series in much greater depth. Duplessy cites his no. 1; somewhere online, I found a reference to no. 7. ...Just [I]wish [/I]I had the book.) [ATTACH=full]1194363[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1194365[/ATTACH] Richard I, King of England 1189-1199, as count of Poitou (in northern Aquitaine; initially held as an appanage, from 1172.) Denier of Poitiers. Obv. +RICARDVS REX. Rev. In four lines: o [/] PIC [/] TAVIE [/] NSIS ('Pictaviensis;' Poitiers.) Duplessy 920-928. (Sadly, Duplessy doesn't list this variant, with the annulet at the top of the reverse. As Elias, in all likelihood, does. ...Yes, you lose some comprehensiveness with Duplessy --making him, in that sense, the more modern version of Boudeau, c. 1910's, who, in turn, abridged Poey d'Avant, c. 1860. But from Poey, there's a steady progression toward up-to-date numismatic techniques, especially regarding hoard evidence.) [ATTACH=full]1194403[/ATTACH] And this is my first, and worse example of Edward as duke of Aquitaine, prior to his coronation. (Nope, can't find the better one to lower the (expl.) rent.) Obv. lion, 'passant' (in heraldry, on all fours --but not exactly. In decent examples, one front paw is raised, and this (expl.) has a Lot of mane). (From 1 o'clock: ) +EDVVARD' FILI' (Edward, son....) Rev. (from 6 o'clock; dealer's picture: ) +h'REGIS ANGLIE (...[of] Henry [III], King of England.) By the 13th century, even in the medieval Latin, the transition is well underway, from the constructs, 'ANGLORVM' (late Anglo-Saxon coins; 'the English people') and 'FRANCORVM' ('the Frankish people;' from 9th-century Carolingian coins, but mostly in reference to, um, France), to the more substantive, Angevin and Capetian constructs, 'Anglie' and 'Francie.' (Duplessy 1037.)[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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