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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jhonn, post: 147875, member: 5418&quot;]Here&#039;s something interesting: I&#039;m doing pro-bono numismatic research attributing at least 28 (but possibly many more) assorted alumni-donated coins at my university (Brandeis) this upcoming semester. The Classics Dept. has had these sitting in a display case in the main library for a long time (possibly several decades) without any information whatsoever. Most are late Roman coins, but a few Byzantines are scattered here and there, and in addition there is at least one AE Greek/Roman Republic that I can see, but of more interest to me were two or three &quot;medieval&quot; coins. I started Google-ing &quot;Italian medieval coins&quot; which led me to investigate &quot;Crusader coins&quot; after coming across picture of a coin that looked similar to what was in the case, and finally I came across a page on medieval Armenian coins, which is what these mystery coins are. I should&#039;ve noticed the Armenian script, as I happen to live in a town with the second-largest Armenian-American population in the U.S., but I somehow didn&#039;t. Still, these will be fun to attribute further.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note: I don&#039;t mind doing this for free, but I&#039;ll be danged if I wasn&#039;t graduating next year, as I could&#039;ve applied for a new grant which would have given me a $500 stipend for working on these coins. Too bad...:whistle:</p><p><br /></p><p>Note #2: At the behest of one of my professors, I&#039;m loaning my small ancient collection to the university for at least 6 months, and they&#039;ll be on display next to the coins I attribute. Can&#039;t wait for that![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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