As the Christian world celebrates it’s holiest of holy days, I’m happy to have in-hand my three latest ancients coins. Hallelujah!!!
Despite having Christ coins from Byzantine coinage, I always enjoy posting the actual resurrection. Andrea Dandolo (1342-1354 A.D.) AR Mezzanino Nuovo O: AN DADVL SM VENE DVX, Doge and St. Mark holding banner, P in ex. R: •XPS•RES-VRESIT•, Christ emerging from tomb, holding banner and cross. .77g 15mm Biaggi 2822
Happy Easter to all of you! Teutonic Order, anonymous issue, AR bracteate penny, ca. 1290–1410, unknown mint. Obv: Latin cross flanked by two small crosses. Rev: negative design (bracteate). 15mm, 0.15g. Ref: Waschinski 158.
Happy Easter as well. Here is a coin that arrived yesterday in the mail... Constantine IX, 1059-1067 AV Histamenon Nomisma, 4.41 grams Nimbate Christ enthroned, holding gospels/ Emperor standing wearing loros and holding a labarum and globus cruciger...
They show up on MA Coins, at least... https://www.ma-shops.com/shops/sear...catid=931&submitBtn=Search&lang=en&PHPSESSID= And, Happy Easter!!! (Edit: ) Oop, here's a Nicephoros III.
Happy Easter, everyone! Thanks to @Brian Bucklan who gifted me this wonderful coin a few years ago. Erin
It’s relatively common. There usually are a few examples available at MA-Shops for $50-100. See here: https://www.ma-shops.de/shops/search.php?searchstr=Deutscher+Orden+Pfennig+&catid=904&ajax=2m44 Are you interested in this particular type or a Teutonic Order coin in general? The two-sided shillings often are pretty and not too expensive.
Happy Easter to all! For me it will start in a month as I am orthodox, it is based on the Julian calendar.
@Pavlos, thank you for the elucidation. I was wondering about that, relative to other folks here who are Orthodox. (Sorry, I more or less instinctively capitalize it. But your point is well taken! Involuntary, sustained chuckling ensues.)
Happy Easter! We still celebrate along the German tradition. Take 24 hard boiled eggs/ dunk them in dye/ 6 diff. colours. I get to take "coloured" eggs to work for my lunch. Here are some of my "Easter" themed coins....
