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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 2883636, member: 84744&quot;]And my fellow Canuck comes up golden again! woot woot!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s make that one our 1497, and I&#039;ll post three more (not mine) that I found earlier today for 1498.&nbsp; All three can be dated to a two year span overlapping with that year, but mostly I&#039;m posting them because I think they&#039;re so damn cool. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>First we have the first numismatic reference to the founder of the Mughal empire in India, Babur, struck in AH 903 (1497-8):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://cngcoins.com/photos/big/661875.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>INDIA. Mughal Kings. Zahir al-Din Muhammad Bahadur (Babur), as Sultan of Ferghana. </b>1494-1504. AR Tanka (4.66 gm). Struck during his occupation of Samarkand 1497-1498 (AH 903). A silver tanka of the Timurid sultan Husayn Baiqara, countermarked with the the Persian legend &quot;adl Sultan Zahir al-Din Muhammad Bahadur 903&quot; in a leaf shaped punch. R. Grossman, &quot;An Early Countermark of Babur,&quot; <i>ONS Newsletter</i> 133 (1992) (this coin); MWI -; KM -; Wright -; Album 2463 note. Coin VF, c/m EF. Extremely rare; the first numismatic reference to the founder of the Mughal dynasty. <a href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=49439" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=49439" rel="nofollow">Link to coin on CNG site</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next, for [USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER] and others, a stunning Henry VII groat dateable to 1498-99:</p><p><img src="https://cngcoins.com/photos/big/920580.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>TUDOR. Henry VII. </b>1485-1509. AR Groat (25mm, 2.94 g, 5h). Facing Bust issue, class IIIc. London mint; im: lis issuant from rose. Struck 1498-1499. ҺNRIC’ × DI’ × GRΛ’ × RЄX × ΛGL’ × Z FRΛ’, crowned facing bust within double polylobe / POSVI DЄV’ × Λ DIVTO Є’ × mЄV/× CIVI TΛS × LOn DOn, long cross fourchée, with trefoil in each quarter. Cf. SCBI 23 (Ashmolean), 340-4 (for type); North 1705c; SCBC 2199. Good VF, toned, a few minor die breaks. Well struck on a broad flan. Rare initial mark and obverse legend variety with ‘ҺNRIC’. <a href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=206150" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=206150" rel="nofollow">Link to coin on CNG site</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>And finally, <span style="color: #8000ff"><b>PIZZAMAN!!!</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #8000ff"><b><img src="https://cngcoins.com/photos/big/99000989.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </b></span></p><p><br /></p><p>I kid you not, this dude was called Pizzaman.&nbsp; <b>CROATIA, Dalmatia. <i>Split (Spalato)</i>. </b>As Venetian protectorate, 1491-1518. Æ Bagattino (17mm, 1.30 g, 10h). Venecija (Venice); <b><span style="color: #8000ff">Iacopo Pizzaman, mintmaster.</span></b> Struck <b>1497-1498</b>. Sveti Djam (St. Domnus), wearing episcopal regalia, standing facing, holding crozier / Nimbate facing half-length Lion of Sveti Marko (S. Marco), forepaw supporting open Gospel. Dobrinić, <i>Novci</i> 6.1.2.1; Dobrinić 4.3.3.1. VF, brown patina. Rare. <a href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=282938" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=282938" rel="nofollow">Link to coin on CNG site</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Sorry they&#039;re all CNG, would be nice to link to acsearch but they protect their images from reposting. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie81" alt=":shifty:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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