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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hrefn, post: 8323742, member: 115171&quot;]So, it is one third of the way into the year, and my success in acquiring new coins for my collection has been limited.&nbsp; I have picked up a solidus of Justinian from Carthage, and one of Nicephorus and Stauracius.&nbsp; The latter coin was a longtime goal.&nbsp; I have bid on many more coins, only to see my efforts outbid by collectors offering two or threefold, or even more, than I was willing to venture.&nbsp; Byzantine, Late Roman, and Germanic gold still offer the occasional bargain, but not often.&nbsp; I was getting a bit frustrated.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I decided to try for some medieval silver pieces from an auction house new to me, Olivier Goujon Numismatique.&nbsp; I essayed 6 bids, thinking perhaps I will win one.&nbsp;&nbsp; Instead, I won five of six.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Goujon-1.&nbsp;&nbsp; Byzantium, Basil I reigned 867-886 AD, and his son Constantine, died 879 AD, miliaresion [ATTACH=full]1474814[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1474809[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Goujon-2.&nbsp; Carolingian, West Francia, Charles the Bald or Charles le Chauve, grandson of Charlemagne, son of Louis the Pious, denier of Quentovic. Reigned in West Francia from 843 to 877 AD, and was Emperor 875-877 AD.</p><p><br /></p><p>Quentovic was, with Dorestad, one of the two most important Frankish ports in the North during the Merovingian era.&nbsp; Its position opposite Kent facilitated trade with Britain, and was the debarcation point for Anglo-Saxon pilgrims to Rome.&nbsp;&nbsp; It was attacked by the Vikings in 842 AD and declined in importance until it was completely abandoned, probably in the end of the tenth century. </p><p><br /></p><p>OBV: monogram of KAROLUS,&nbsp; +GRATIA D-I REX</p><p>REV:&nbsp; Cross with two besants, +QVVENTOVVIC</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1474813[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1474812[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Goujon-3. Francia, Languedoc, Comté de Toulouse, Bertrand </p><p><br /></p><p>OBV:&nbsp; cross patée.&nbsp; &nbsp; BERTRAND.COMES&nbsp; some letters legate</p><p>REV:&nbsp; +TOLOSA CIVI&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; S O V IN THE FIELD</p><p>EF+</p><p><br /></p><p>Count Bertrand, 1106-1112 AD.&nbsp; Was also Count of Tripoli 1109-1112 AD. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1474804[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1474806[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Goujon-4&nbsp;&nbsp; France, Provence, Robert of Anjou sol coronat. </p><p>OBV:&nbsp; &lt;crown&gt; IER#R ET: SICIL:REX </p><p>REV:&nbsp; &lt;cross with lis in the angles&gt;. COMES: P VIN CIE</p><p><br /></p><p>Best guess is King of Jerusalem and Sicily / Count of Provence</p><p><br /></p><p>2.14 grams.&nbsp; BD 833</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1474811[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1474807[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Goujon-5&nbsp;&nbsp; France, Archeveché de Lyon denier.&nbsp; Anonymous coin of the Archbishops.&nbsp; Circa 1050-1150</p><p>OBV:&nbsp; +PRIMA SEDES.&nbsp; In the field, L^G for Lugdunum</p><p>REV: GALLIARU&nbsp;&nbsp; In the field, a cross patée</p><p><br /></p><p>Refers to Lyon (Lugdunum) being the first seat of a bishop in Gaul, GALLIARU short for Galliarum, “of the Gauls.”</p><p><br /></p><p>The first bishop of the Gauls was Saint Pothinus who was born in 87 AD and was a disciple of Saint Polycarp, who sent him to Gaul.&nbsp; Polycarp was personally acquainted with Saint John the Apostle.&nbsp; Saint Pothinus was martyred during the persecution of Marcus Aurelius in 177 AD.&nbsp;&nbsp; His successor was Saint Irenaeus of great renown. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is remarkable to think that this coin, almost a millennium old, is none the less closer in time to us than it was to the time of Polycarp, Pothinus , and Irenaeus.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Christ came not only for those who believed from the time of Tiberius Caesar, nor did the Father provide only for those who are now, but for absolutely all men from the beginning, who, according to their ability, feared and loved God and lived justly. . . and desired to see Christ and to hear His voice.”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Saint Irenaeus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1474808[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1474810[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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