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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FitzNigel, post: 2522693, member: 74712&quot;]At [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] &#039;s insistence, here&#039;s a couple of coins I got at the recent NCNA show down in Charlotte.&nbsp; I was attempting to keep my focus to just the medieval coins, and with the show winding down, I just found one table with any.&nbsp; Most of the coins he had were just from the Crusades (which seemed to be the seller&#039;s interest), so there weren&#039;t any huge finds for me, but some cheap examples of coins I wanted to grab eventually...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]538101[/ATTACH] </p><p>French Feudal, Toulouse</p><p>Raymond V-VII, r. 1148-1249</p><p>AR Denier, 19mm x 1.1 grams</p><p>Obv.: Cross in center, S in first quadrant, RAMON COMES around outside</p><p>Rev.: PAX in center, +TOLOSA CIVI around outside</p><p><br /></p><p>This second one I primarIly purchased because it could be useful in my classroom, but also because it was a good deal!&nbsp; The dealer (I&#039;ll keep his name confidential, I don&#039;t feel it&#039;s my place to disclose this) is apparently not doing well health wise, and so had a colleague selling his coins at significant discounts to raise money for his medical bills.&nbsp; I do wish I could have bought more to simply help out, but I was on a bit of a budget.&nbsp; Anyway, here is a Coin from Lucca used by the crusaders, and was found in the Holy Land:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]538103[/ATTACH] </p><p>Crusader Issue from Lucca</p><p>Henry III-V, r. 1035-1125</p><p>Crude AR Denier, 15.27mm x 1.1 grams</p><p>Obv.: H center, IMPERATOR around</p><p>Rev.: LVCA forming cross, ENRICVS around</p><p><br /></p><p>While I&#039;m at it, I also picked up these two guys from one of [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] &#039;s auction recently:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]538104[/ATTACH] </p><p>Northern Song China</p><p>Hui Zong, r. 1101-1125 (1102-1106)</p><p>AE 10 Cash, 35mm x 10.5 grams</p><p>Obv.: 崇宁重宝 (Chong Ning Zhong Bao)</p><p>Rev.: Blank</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]538105[/ATTACH] </p><p>Imperial Rome</p><p>Victorinus, r. 269-271 A.D.</p><p>Southern Mint, BL Antoninianus, 18mm x 2.6 grams</p><p>Obv.: IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirrased bust right.</p><p>Rev.: PROVIDENTIA AVG - Providence standing left, holding baton and cornucopiae, globe at feet.</p><p>Ex. YOC</p><p>Mossy Bottom Barn Hoard</p><p><br /></p><p>The Northern Song coin was appealing for use in my class.&nbsp; It is clearly larger than the 5 cash coins cast earlier, and was a product a larger economic mess the Song would create - primarily by over printing paper money (which they started), but then also casting these coins which more a fiat money compared to the regular cash coins (assuming I understood what I read regarding these...)</p><p><br /></p><p>While I&#039;m at it, here are some acquisitions from over the summer.&nbsp; They were gifts from my mother - she and my grandmother liked jewelry with ancient coins in them, and I know my grandmother had picked up fakes.&nbsp; I think these look genuine, but I&#039;m terrible with Greek coins.&nbsp; I&#039;m honestly not sure what to do with them, as my wife is not interested in wearing them, and I&#039;d feel terrible breaking them out (they were a gift after all!)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]538108[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently the person who sold these earrings to my mother gave her a couple of widow&#039;s mites for free, and my mother had just hung on to them ever since:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]538110[/ATTACH] </p><p>Judea</p><p>Alexander Janaeus, r. 103-76 B.C.</p><p>AE Prutah, 12.3mm x 0.8 grams</p><p>Obv.: Upside down anchor within circle</p><p>Rev.: Star of eight rays surrounded by a border</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]538111[/ATTACH] </p><p>Same as above, 12.69mm x 1 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>As with the earrings, I think they look okay, but I haven&#039;t researched them, and do not know if they came from a reputable seller.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please forgive the photo quality - I rushed a little.&nbsp; I&#039;m hoping to make an investment in some better equipment and replace these pieces.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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