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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FitzNigel, post: 7885492, member: 74712&quot;]I trust Poey d’Avant was meticulous, but even great scholars make mistakes, and much of his attributions of Norman coins have been questioned by later authors.&nbsp; I want to know where this supposed Lothaire coin with his monogram is.&nbsp; Maybe there is some other work of his that contains his monogram, but I haven’t seen anything.&nbsp; I’s love for the Lothaire theory to be true because it would solve the mystery, but I have too many unanswered questions without suitable evidence.</p><p><br /></p><p>anyway, for the penultimate post before the anniversary of this thread (technically tomorrow!), here is the last coin from my Bohemian sub-collection that I haven’t yet posted here:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1360137[/ATTACH] Bohemia</p><p>Přemysl Ottokar I, r. 1192-3, 1197-1230 (1198-1230)</p><p>AR Denar, 18.70 mm x 1.1 grams</p><p>Obv.: + VSCES[…]VM. Winged figure/angel r. holding lance fighting a dragon</p><p>Rev.: +SCS NSN. Bust of Ottokar facing with raised hands between two towers of a stylized building</p><p>Ref.: Frynas B.22.6 (This coin depicted), De Wit 2764 (this coin), Lanz Graz XIII, 465 (this Coin), (Cach 659, Šmerda 296)</p><p>Ex. Richard A. Jourdan Collection, Ex. Prof. G.W. De Wit Collection, Ex. Marquis von Hohenkubin Collection</p><p>Note: Issued as King of Bohemia, beginning the hereditary line of Bohemian kings</p><p><br /></p><p>a more detailed tale of this coin (and particularly its provenance) is given <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-bought-it-for-the-provenance-a-medieval-denar-of-bohemia.359726/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-bought-it-for-the-provenance-a-medieval-denar-of-bohemia.359726/">here</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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