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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 3473816, member: 91461&quot;]Admittedly, when it comes to coins I have been a real superficial SOB. There are 2 types of coins that I have had an interest in for some time and I have ignored due to the homeliness of the coinage. However, in Timeline&#039;s auction a month and a half ago I rectified this with some really fun single purchases and a few lots!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]924053[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Last thing first! I love the coins that show the ripple effect of Alexander the great and finally picked up some Indo-Greco coinage. Which I will post more of later.</p><p><br /></p><p>In this thread I wanted to focus on the medieval coins. As mentioned I had to wait for a month and a half due to the acquisition of exporting licenses. I have gotten plenty of coins from England before and not had this wait. But I will not complain as it made me really focus on the coin I assume caused the long delay. And I found a very unique and often contrary story...and the auction houses mistake!</p><p>The coin was listed as, Eadred, grandson of Alfred the great! Whom took over as King of the English after the murder of his brother and shortly thereafter was able to get the Welsh Kings to submit to his rule.</p><p><img src="http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/images/edred1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Eadred_-_MS_Royal_14_B_VI.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>His &quot;crowning&quot; achievement was getting the entire kingdom of Northumbria under total English control. Welsh Kings under control, Northumbria as well, all by the age of 32 and just under a decade of rule. It would seem he accomplished a considerable amount...though &quot;Spink, Coins of England&quot; merely listed that &quot;Eadred was another of the sons of Eadward. He lost the kingdom of York to Eric Bloodaxe.&quot; (FANTASTIC last name).</p><p>Well, that is interesting and not noted in wiki. But even more interesting was the fact that none of the coins listed under Eadred in Spink looked like my coin...thanks to my handy Spink book I started flipping backwards and went back some hundred and fifty years to find that my new coin was not Eadred but that of Eanred! A long reigning (810-841CE) pre-Viking King of Northumbria.</p><p>The little we do know of EANRED is written in the Anglo-Saxon chronicles, where it is stated that he subjugated an army led by Egbert of Wessex in 829CE and allowed them to go back to their homes after pledging their obedience to him. Certainly he was a great leader to reign for such a long time during this turbulent period. And shows signs of a savvy political acumen with his treatment of the Egbert and those that arose against the Northumbrians.</p><p>Here is my much earned and learned coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]924070[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><u>Eanred – </u></b></p><p>Monne - Styca Anglo-Saxon Coins - Northumbria -</p><p>810-841 AD. Obv: small cross with +EANRED REX legend. Rev: pellet rosette with +MONNE legend for the moneyer Monne. S. 862. 1.17 grams.</p><p>Very fine. Ex: Timeline Auction</p><p><br /></p><p>Some other fun medievals:</p><p>Jesus Krueger; whom I have ID&#039;d as:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]924079[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Bulgaria, 2nd Empire. Ivan Aleksander. 1331-1371. AR grosh (21.1 mm, 1.62 g, 6 h). Christ standing facing before seat, raising hands in benediction; IC XC and monograms across field / Ivan Aleksandar and Mihail Asen IV standing facing, each holding cross-tipped scepter, holding Christogram-tipped staff between them; monograms across field; stars flanking base of staff. R&amp;Z 1.13.5. gVF</p><p><br /></p><p>2 Levons looking kind of gangsta throwing up some sort of gang sign:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]924080[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]924081[/ATTACH]</p><p>Armenian Kingdom, Cilician Armenia. Levon I. 1198-1219. AR tram (23.03 mm, 3.01 g, 2 h). King Levon seated facing on lion throne holding globus cruciger in right hand and lis-tipped scepter in left / Heraldic lions, baack-to-back, flanking patriarchal cross. Cf. CCA 241-249</p><p><br /></p><p>A possible Charles of Anjou...though I am struggling to get a positive ID on it:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]924082[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone wants to take a stab at helping ID this guy I would be appreciative.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am still in the middle of IDing the others (I have gotten most of the Indo-Greco coins).</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post any medieval coins, help IDing, ugly coins that tell stories that fascinate you or anything you think will add to the thread!</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]d-xvd6We49A[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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