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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 7369890, member: 96898"]Here is my most recent medieval purchase:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1284006[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Italy, Lucca, civic issue, under Henry II-V, AR denaro, c. 1004–1125 AD. Obv: +IMPERATOR; H-monogramm in circle. Rev: +ENRICVS; L-V-C-A around central dot. 16mm, 0.91g. Ref: Biaggi 1098. </font></p><p><br /></p><p>I bought ist since denari from Lucca were widely used during and directly after the First Crusade. They often show up in hoards from that time, and Raymond of Aguilers writes in his <i>Historia Francorum qui ceperunt Iherusalem</i>: "Erat haec nostra moneta: pictavini, cartenses, mansei, <b>lucenses</b>, valentinenses, megorensi, et duo pogesii pro uno istorum" ("This was our money: [coins] of Poitou, of Chartres, of Les Mans, <b>of Lucca</b>, of Valence, of Melgueil, and two [coins] of Le Puy for each of these").</p><p><br /></p><p>The type itself is very common but usually poorly struck. I wanted an example with full legends and had to search for a long while.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 7369890, member: 96898"]Here is my most recent medieval purchase: [ATTACH=full]1284006[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Italy, Lucca, civic issue, under Henry II-V, AR denaro, c. 1004–1125 AD. Obv: +IMPERATOR; H-monogramm in circle. Rev: +ENRICVS; L-V-C-A around central dot. 16mm, 0.91g. Ref: Biaggi 1098. [/SIZE] I bought ist since denari from Lucca were widely used during and directly after the First Crusade. They often show up in hoards from that time, and Raymond of Aguilers writes in his [I]Historia Francorum qui ceperunt Iherusalem[/I]: "Erat haec nostra moneta: pictavini, cartenses, mansei, [B]lucenses[/B], valentinenses, megorensi, et duo pogesii pro uno istorum" ("This was our money: [coins] of Poitou, of Chartres, of Les Mans, [B]of Lucca[/B], of Valence, of Melgueil, and two [coins] of Le Puy for each of these"). The type itself is very common but usually poorly struck. I wanted an example with full legends and had to search for a long while.[/QUOTE]
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