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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4613652, member: 96898"]<font size="3"><font size="4">What a splendid addition to your collection, [USER=10461]@lordmarcovan[/USER] ! I very much love the lion, the toning, and the strike of your coin. </font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><font size="4">As you know, I'm primarily a bracteate collector myself, and I would consider your coin an example that would look good in pretty much every medieval collection. </font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><font size="4">Below are some of my own current favorites – your new coin is equal to the best of them:</font></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1142688[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">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. Ex “HC Collection;” ex CNG, e-auction 459, lot 579.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1142689[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Bishopric of Halberstadt, under Gero von Schermbke/von Schochwitz, AR bracteate penny, 1169–1177 AD. Obv: + S–STEPHANVSPROTOMARTI; bust of St. Stephen facing between three stones and star. Rev: negative design. 25mm, 0.83g. Ref: Berger 1324; Slg. Bonhoff 483. Ex Münzenhandlung Löchte (Rheine); ex Teutoburger Münzauktionen, auction 125, lot 1978.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1142690[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Archbishopric of Magdeburg, under Albrecht von Käfernburg, bracteate penny, ca. 1220–1232. Obv: OICI – IVSDV; St. Maurice, nimbate and wearing armour, standing facing, holding cross and lance flag; below, church building with two towers an an arch; inside, cranium relic. Rev: negative design (bracteate). 23mm, 0.68g. Ref: Berger 1586; Slg. Hauswaldt 167; Slg. Bonhoff 712. Ex WAG.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1142691[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Kingdom of Hungary, under Bela IV (or Bela III?), AR bracteate denár, 1235–1270 AD (or 1172–1196 AD?). Obv: BE-LA REX; three bearded heads in a triangle. Obv: negative design (bracteate). 15mm, 0.28g. Ref: Huszár 200. Ex CNG, e-auction 466, lot 762.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4613652, member: 96898"][SIZE=3][SIZE=4]What a splendid addition to your collection, [USER=10461]@lordmarcovan[/USER] ! I very much love the lion, the toning, and the strike of your coin. [/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][SIZE=4][/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][SIZE=4]As you know, I'm primarily a bracteate collector myself, and I would consider your coin an example that would look good in pretty much every medieval collection. [/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][SIZE=4][/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][SIZE=4]Below are some of my own current favorites – your new coin is equal to the best of them:[/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][ATTACH=full]1142688[/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. Ex “HC Collection;” ex CNG, e-auction 459, lot 579. [ATTACH=full]1142689[/ATTACH] Bishopric of Halberstadt, under Gero von Schermbke/von Schochwitz, AR bracteate penny, 1169–1177 AD. Obv: + S–STEPHANVSPROTOMARTI; bust of St. Stephen facing between three stones and star. Rev: negative design. 25mm, 0.83g. Ref: Berger 1324; Slg. Bonhoff 483. Ex Münzenhandlung Löchte (Rheine); ex Teutoburger Münzauktionen, auction 125, lot 1978. [ATTACH=full]1142690[/ATTACH] Archbishopric of Magdeburg, under Albrecht von Käfernburg, bracteate penny, ca. 1220–1232. Obv: OICI – IVSDV; St. Maurice, nimbate and wearing armour, standing facing, holding cross and lance flag; below, church building with two towers an an arch; inside, cranium relic. Rev: negative design (bracteate). 23mm, 0.68g. Ref: Berger 1586; Slg. Hauswaldt 167; Slg. Bonhoff 712. Ex WAG. [ATTACH=full]1142691[/ATTACH] Kingdom of Hungary, under Bela IV (or Bela III?), AR bracteate denár, 1235–1270 AD (or 1172–1196 AD?). Obv: BE-LA REX; three bearded heads in a triangle. Obv: negative design (bracteate). 15mm, 0.28g. Ref: Huszár 200. Ex CNG, e-auction 466, lot 762.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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