Ancient? Perhaps Not, but....

This is my first and perhaps my only foray into medieval coins. I know this does not belong in this section, but you guys are my family and, hey, we kinda share our family secrets, right?


FRANCE, FEUDAL, Valence, Bishops of Valence and Die, Denier
OBVERSE: Stylized angel facing, +VRBS VALENTIAI
REVERSE: Cross annulet in fourth quadrant, +S APOLLI NARS Struck at Valence, FR, 1157-1276
1.18g, 19mm
Boudeau 1021

 

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Wow, cool addition ... man, first you bought a Byzantine example and now you've ventured into medieval waters!! (you fricken rock, my 2015 gutsy-friend)

Ummm, I admit that I have a Carolingian coin which is from the 800's AD ...

... and then I started collecting a few Italian coins from Lorraine, but that wasn't until 1300's ...

=> Yah so basically, I have a blind-spot for your cool new coin which happens to land in between my two sweet Medieval adventures ...

ahahaha => hey, not hat you expected to get any relevant coin-info from me, right? (*whateva*)

=> again, very cool and adventurous purchase (old dog and all => you rock)

 

The ol' flying monkey reverse.

 

=> thats' right! (wasn't there a fairly recent thread with almost the exact same coin?)

 

I think it looks like an Athenian owl with long legs, so keep it in the Ancients forum!

 

Seen the type before and they're pretty neat. Angel looks like a poorly done owl.

 

Very nice coin! I've almost pulled the trigger on a few medievals myself.

 

If I were separating things, I would combing Ancients and hand struck medievals in one group and machine made coins in the other.

 

oh yeah, that's a solid one bing..nice. i dig these coins, crude style and all. here's coin from about the same time period.




let's get medieval yo!



fa shizzle!

 

Cool coin! I thought it was an owl too lol