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<p>[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 7791211, member: 110504"][USER=80952]@ambr0zie[/USER], that's a terrific example, especially according to your collecting criteria, which, from here, resonate loud and clear. ...Yes, the convergence of historical significance and accessibility, with the attendant, relaxed attitude toward condition. Everyone else's is great, too. An AR as from Anywhere, and an Athenian tet from the political, if not <i>quite</i> the intellectual golden age. Nope, along with a denier of Charlemagne, that one remains elusive, even in the present market.</p><p>...Um, Medieval alert ('whirr, whirr...'): here's one I never really expected to find. It was on Delcampe, unattributed as the driven snow (--as I might say at any opportunity), and I landed it for 20 Euros, in 2018. ...Before this, Hugh Capet was up there with Charlemagne on the 'unattainable' list.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1337479[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1337481[/ATTACH]</p><p>Hugues Capet, King of France 987-996. Denier of Beauvais, coissued with Herve, Bishop from 987-997.</p><p>Obv. (from 11 o'clock, with legations): HERVEVS HVGO REX.</p><p>Rev. Immobilized Carolingian ('KAROLVS') monogram; (from 2 o'clock: ) BELVACVS CIVITAS. (Duplessy, <u>Royales</u> No. 1.)</p><p>As Duplessy notes, no coins in Hugh's name were issued within his own, decidedly circumscribed royal demesne. This issue demonstrates that, along with the attendant political dynamics. The obverse legend <i>begins </i>with the name of the bishop. The gradual expansion of Capetian royal power through the 13th century (with the exception of Philip II's liquidation of most of the 'Angevin Empire') could almost be seen in terms of the Roman Empire from around the mid-3rd century. --But in reverse: starting from a Very Bad Place, some of the kings were able to make remarkable headway, if you give them latitude for the hand they were dealt.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 7791211, member: 110504"][USER=80952]@ambr0zie[/USER], that's a terrific example, especially according to your collecting criteria, which, from here, resonate loud and clear. ...Yes, the convergence of historical significance and accessibility, with the attendant, relaxed attitude toward condition. Everyone else's is great, too. An AR as from Anywhere, and an Athenian tet from the political, if not [I]quite[/I] the intellectual golden age. Nope, along with a denier of Charlemagne, that one remains elusive, even in the present market. ...Um, Medieval alert ('whirr, whirr...'): here's one I never really expected to find. It was on Delcampe, unattributed as the driven snow (--as I might say at any opportunity), and I landed it for 20 Euros, in 2018. ...Before this, Hugh Capet was up there with Charlemagne on the 'unattainable' list. [ATTACH=full]1337479[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1337481[/ATTACH] Hugues Capet, King of France 987-996. Denier of Beauvais, coissued with Herve, Bishop from 987-997. Obv. (from 11 o'clock, with legations): HERVEVS HVGO REX. Rev. Immobilized Carolingian ('KAROLVS') monogram; (from 2 o'clock: ) BELVACVS CIVITAS. (Duplessy, [U]Royales[/U] No. 1.) As Duplessy notes, no coins in Hugh's name were issued within his own, decidedly circumscribed royal demesne. This issue demonstrates that, along with the attendant political dynamics. The obverse legend [I]begins [/I]with the name of the bishop. The gradual expansion of Capetian royal power through the 13th century (with the exception of Philip II's liquidation of most of the 'Angevin Empire') could almost be seen in terms of the Roman Empire from around the mid-3rd century. --But in reverse: starting from a Very Bad Place, some of the kings were able to make remarkable headway, if you give them latitude for the hand they were dealt.[/QUOTE]
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