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Message:: [QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4572492, member: 96898"]My main collecting areas, illustrated by some 2020 purchases: 1. High to late medieval Central European coins, especially bracteates. I occasionally venture out into neighboring areas, though – recently, for example, I have developed considerable interest in the coinage of the military orders. [ATTACH=full]1132097[/ATTACH] Abbey of Fulda, under Heinrich IV. von Erthal, AR bracteate, ca. 1249–1261 AD. Obv: Abbot seated facing holding palm branch and book; in Gothic polylobe and double pearl border; around outer Rim; H-V-H-V. 29mm, 0.52g. Ref: Berger 2293. [ATTACH=full]1132096[/ATTACH] Teutonic Order, under Grand Master Winrich von Kniprode, AR schilling,1351–1382, Thorn or Danzig mint (?). Obv: + MAGST WVNRICS PRIMS; eagle shield of the Grand Master. Rev: + MONETA DNORVM PRUCI; shield of the Teutonic Order. 21mm, 1.64g. Ref: Neumann 4. [ATTACH=full]1132103[/ATTACH] Livonian Order, anonymous issue (under Cisso von Ruttenberg or Jan Freitag von Loringhofen?), AR artig, 14th/15th century, Reval mint. Obv: +MAGISTRI* LIVONIE, shield of the Order. Rev:  +MONETA* REVALIE; cross with three pellets in each quadrant. 19mm, 0.88g. Ref:  Neumann 204a; Haljak 6; Hutten-Czapski 4054. 2. Roman Republic and Empire, currently focusing particularly on Republican denarii and on completing an Imperial, primarily Severan, "reverse pantheon" of the Twelve (or rather thirteen) Olympians: [ATTACH=full]1132101[/ATTACH] Roman Republic, moneyer: M. Sergius Silus, AR denarius, 116–115 BC, Rome mint. Obv: EX·S·C ROMA; helmeted head of Roma, r., denominational mark X. Rev: Q M·SERGI SILVS; one-armed horseman (Marcus Sergius Silus) l., holding sword and severed head in l. hand. 17mm, 2.84g. RRC RRC 286/1. [ATTACH=full]1132100[/ATTACH] Septimius Severus, Roman Empire, denarius, 210 AD, Rome mint. Obv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG; head of Septimius Severus, laureate, r. Rev: P M TR P XVIII COS III P P; Neptune, naked except for cloak over l. shoulder and r. arm, standing l., r. foot set on globe, holding trident in l. hand. 19 mm., 3,54 g Ref: RIC IV Septimius Severus 234. 3. Whatever I find particularly fascinating at the moment. While this previously mainly meant anient Greece, this category in 2020 so far has been dominated by medieval Islamic coins:[ATTACH=full]1132099[/ATTACH] Seljuq Sultanate of Rum, Kaykhusraw II, citing caliph al-Mustansir, AR dirham, 1241–1242 AD (639 AH), Qunya (Konya) mint. Obv: Kufic legend citing caliph: "al-imam al-Mustansır billah amir al-mu'minin;" lion r. with sunface above. Rev: name and titles of Kaykhusraw II in Naskh: "as-sultan al-azam / ghiyath al-dunya wa ud-din / kay khusraw bin kay qubadh;" around, mint and date: "duriba bi-quniyat / sanat tis' / thel[athin] sittm'iat." 23mm, 2.97g. Ref: Album 1218. [ATTACH=full]1132098[/ATTACH] Ilkhanate, under Arghun with Ghazan as viceroy, AR dirham, 1291–1292 AD (690–691 AH), Astarabad mint. Obv: Uyghur protocol in three lines, two above hawk and one below: "[qaghanu]/ nereber/ deletkeguluksen(?)" ('of the Khaqan / in the name of / struck'); Arabic name of the ruler Arghun in central l. field; citing his heir Ghazan in r. field; hawk r., sunface rising behind. Rev: Shiite kalima in three lines in square: "la ilah illa allah / muhammad rasul allah / ali waliun allah", partial mint and date formula for Astarabad in margins. Ref: Album 2149.2. 17.5mm, 2.93g.[/QUOTE]

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