Medieval Monday!

@Spaniard, are you breaking up our Islamic theme??!!? Got to set it back in course

Umayyad Caliphate, al-Andalus: Hisham II ibn al-Hakam, 1st reign (366-399 AH / 976-1009 CE) AR Dirhem, Qurtubah Mint (Album-354.2)

 

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@Quant.Geek......That's a very nice looking coin!
Jaume II Dinero 1291-1327 AD
Obverse- Crowned portrait facing left..BARQVINONA
Reverse- Long cross..IA CO BR EX
Barcelona Cru.v.s 340.1

 

Aragón: Jaime II el Justo (1291-1327) BI Dinero, Barcelona (ME-1845; Crusafont 180-3)

Obv: +:IACOBVS: REX:; Crowned bust left
Rev: B´AQINONA; Cross pattée; three pellets and annulet in alternating quarters

 

@Spaniard, a terrific example! I collect some of this too, but only to Alfonso X, and few enough of them are comparable to this.

 

Samanid: Mansur I (961-976 CE) AR Multiple Dirham Mule, NM, ND (Album-
1465/Album-1465A)

 

Last one for today.....
Spain, Castile and León..Sancho IV 1284-1295 Cornado 0.81gr..Burgos mint.
Obverse...SANCII REX...Crowned bust facing left..3 dots in the crown.
Reverse...CASTELLE LEGIONIS...Three towered castle surmounted by a cross rising from the centre tower with B/* either side of cross..Arched door.
Bautista-427 Variant.

 

...Okay, since people are posting more than one example, here's one.
Alfonso VI, King of Castile and Leon, 1073-1109. Dinero of Toledo, 1st major type (MEC v. 6: Pl. 18 and p. 212).
Obv. (From 1 o'clock ANFVS REX.
Rev. Modified 'Chi-Rho' monogram; +TOLETVO:
I like how 'Toletuo' is nearer to the Arabic name (as I've randomly seen it transcribed) than the later medieval Latin, 'Toletum.' --If that's reducible to Latin grammar, I'll be embarrassed!

 

Fun thread with some amazing coins!
My latest, at the very tail end of medieval, is Shakespearean

Henry V - London - Long Cross Halfpenny. 1413-1422 AD. Class D. Obv: facing bust with broken annulet each side of crown and HENRIC REX ANGL legend. Rev: long cross and pellets dividing CIVI TAS LON DON legend for London mint. S. 1795; N. 1410.0.49 grams.Found Romney Marsh, Kent area, 2000s.
Very fine; crack to flan edge. Ex Timeline

In the same purchase I also recieved this early Anglo-Saxon medi-beauty:
read more about it if you're soooooo curious:
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ve...me-here-and-pick-up-the-anglish-cause.366668/

 

Brilliant halfpenny, @Ryro.

 

Edward IV 2nd reign (1471-1485) half groat with mm. Annulet. Not the best with a weak face, but 2nd reign London half groats are all rare, irrespective of mark, and this one has a little story to add.


The coin also came with a very helpful ticket.


The note not in Hawkins refers to the fact that the initial mark was not known to Edward Hawkins in his book Silver Coins of England (1841). The reference to Sotheby 21.5.74 refers to the sale of the Hugh Howard collection which ran from 20-22/5/1874. Howard was an Irish collector who died in 1737 and whose collection lay untouched for the next 137 years.

See FAW 449 refers to the Walters (1913) collection where another (better) example was sold and one in Clarke Thornhill must refer to an example that passed to the BM in CT's bequest, as there was no example in his sale of residual items held in May 1937.

This coin ex-
H Howard (d.1737), Sotheby, 20-22 May 1874, lot 40
H Webb and family, collection bt Baldwin c1938
R C Lockett, Glendining, 11-17 October 1956, lot 632
Lord Stewartby, Spink sale 246, 28 April 2017, lot 1941a

 

Lets keep going! The day is not over yet in the east coast. Marching Eastward....

Imperial China, Southern Song: Kai Xi (1205-1207) FE 2 Cash, Tongan Mint (Hartill-17.529) Emperor Ning Zong (1195-1224)

Obv: 開(开)禧通宝 Kai Xi tong bao
Rev: 同 Tong above. Tongan mint, Anhui. Numbers for the year of casting below. 三 san (Year 3 - 1203)

 

OK, one more...

Italy, Papale (Stato pontificio). Urban V (Guillame de Grimoard), AD 1362-1370. AR Bolognino (18mm, 1.11g, 2h). Rome mint. Obv: VRB PP QNTS; Mitred bust facing. Rev: IN ROMA; U R B I in center around central pellet. Ref: Muntoni 3; Berman 198. Ex Artemide Aste.

 

Aksumite Empire: Armah (ca. 630-650) Æ Unit (Hahn, Aksumite 72a; Munro-Hay Type 153; BMC Axum 577)

Obv: ነገሠ አረመሐ (neguš ’ArmaH; King Armah); Crowned and draped full-length figure of Armah, wearing beaded necklace, enthroned right, holding cruciform scepter
Rev: ፈሠሐ ለየከነ ለአሐዘበ (feššeHá la-yekun la-’aHzáb; Let there be joy to the people); Openwork cross with central gilding connected to ring by stem; wheat stalks emerging from ring

 

Edward II (1307-1327) class 11b1 penny of Bury St. Edmunds. From the Amble (Northumberland) hoard. Struck early in the reign.

 

Shailendra Dynasty, Java: Anonymous (ca. 7th-10th centuries) AV Massa (Mitchiner-723; Wicks-100)

Obv: Nagari त (ta)
Rev: incuse lingam

 

EDDIE I


England
Edward I
1272-1307
AR Penny
19mm 1.3g
Class 10c 1302-1310
Canterbury mint
facing star -
Voided long cross 3 pellets quarters
North 1040
Ex: @Mat

 

Towards the end of the Medieval Period, if this counts...

House of Lancaster: Henry VI (1422-1461) 1st Reign, AR Groat, Calais Mint (North-1424; SCBC-1836)

Obv: HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGLIE Z FRANC; Crowned facing bust within tressure of arches; lis at lower cusps; annulets flanking neck
Rev: POSVI DEVM ADIVTORE MEVM; VILLA CALISIE; Long cross pattée with trefoil of pellets in each quarter; annulets in second and third trefoils



Now, time to do the dishes...

 

Gorgeous coins @Quant.Geek! I need to pace myself for future Monday’s, but I’ll share this one (which is difficult to photograph since its concave)
Norman Italy - Sicily
William I, r. 1154-1166 (1155-1156)
Messina mint, AE Follaro, 14.15 mm x 1.27 grams
Obv.: ΜΡ ΘΥ (Mother of God). Madonna with Christ Child
Rev.: Cufic legend, “Minted in Messina the year fifty and five hundred.” surrounding REX / ●W●
Ref.: NCKS 338, MEC 14.289A

 

....coin of Al-Rashid (one pic is upsidedown i think) 786-809...the Arabian night guy..

 

Particularly like this coin type. Still looking for just the right one.