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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 5452922, member: 110504&quot;]Just posted this on [USER=83232]@Muhammad Niazi[/USER]&#039;s thread, &quot;The Persian Dragon&quot; (<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-persian-dragon.369846/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-persian-dragon.369846/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-persian-dragon.369846/</a>), ...but, why not?&nbsp; Just found the pics (unlabelled, buried in &quot;Camera Uploads&quot;).[ATTACH=full]1237402[/ATTACH]</p><p>Duchy of Bavaria, Heinrich X the Proud (a Welf), 1126-1140.&nbsp; Denar of Regensburg.</p><p>Rev. Soldier with &#039;Norman,&#039; kite-shaped shield, helmet with nose-guard, and sword, fighting a dragon ...of which all you get is the tail and two hind legs.</p><p>Obv.&nbsp; Heinrich standing facing, holding banner and shield.</p><p>Typically indifferent strike, but better than the example in this article from Academia.edu (unnumbered pages; you&#039;d have to Really Scroll to find it): </p><p><a href="https://www.academia.edu/24323600/Medieval_Coins_of_Bavaria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/24323600/Medieval_Coins_of_Bavaria" rel="nofollow">https://www.academia.edu/24323600/Medieval_Coins_of_Bavaria</a></p><p>For references, to cut to the chase, the author cites Emerig 71.&nbsp; ...Betting it&#039;s in one of my auction catalogs, but it wasn&#039;t in the two most likely suspects, nor in Kluge.</p><p>I like how the style evokes the nearly contemporaneous Bohemian one with which [USER=74712]@FitzNigel[/USER] started this thread.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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