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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 3073076, member: 51347&quot;]What a great coin!&nbsp; I enjoy the overall &quot;look&quot; of this Penny.&nbsp; I am always amazed how much &quot;coin&quot; that was minted, being 23mm and only 1g of silver!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a mental block moving into the Medieval Period of History...&nbsp; And I am of Keltic blood... But [USER=21445]@Mat[/USER] (as well as [USER=74712]@FitzNigel[/USER] , et al), watching the Medieval pounded coinage has been very enticing for me.&nbsp; Alex III of Scotland would definitely be a target of mine!&nbsp; I have a hard time collecting past 200 CE, and gravitate to ca 200 BCE!</p><p><br /></p><p>That is a very nice capture!&nbsp; Nice...</p><p><br /></p><p>I do have a couple coins that are CONTEMPORANEOUS to that time... interesting contrast of cultures during the same time period!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>EGYPT around that time:</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]772451[/ATTACH] </p><p>Egypt Mamluk Qalaun 1279-1290 CE AR Dirham Dianeshq</p><p><br /></p><p><b>SRI LANKA / INDIA around that time:</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]772452[/ATTACH]</p><p>Bhuvanaika Bahu CE 1273-1284 Æ Massa 3.9g 19mm King throne solar symbol altar flame lotus - King reclining sankh-conch Nagari-Sri Bhuvanaika Bahu MNI 851-52</p><p><br /></p><p><b>LOL, what, The Rest of the World (Eurasia)? around this time...</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]772453[/ATTACH]</p><p>Mongols-Ghazna <b>Genghis Khan</b> 1206-1227 CE AE Jital Islamic RARE - only The Just Kahn in title[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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