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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancientcoinguru, post: 2686689, member: 75563&quot;]I went to the ANA National Money Show in Orlando earlier this month, and added 4 more coins to my medieval women collection.&nbsp; The first 2 fit nicely into dual collections, since I also collect Byzantine and Crusader coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>(1)&nbsp; A nice Byzantine follis with Irene on the obverse</p><p>(2)&nbsp; A Crusader coin issued by Isabelle of Villehardouin</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]601825[/ATTACH] </p><p>BYZANTINE</p><p><i>Irene</i> and Constantine VI, 780-797</p><p>AE follis 2.09gm - 17mm, Constantinople mint</p><p>Obv: Crowned bust of <i>Irene</i>. </p><p>Rev: Bust of Constantine above M</p><p>Reference: SB 1598</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]601824[/ATTACH] </p><p>CRUSADER</p><p>FRANKISH GREECE, Achaea</p><p><i>Isabelle of Villehardouin</i>, 1297-1301</p><p>AR denier tournois .81gm - 17mm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; +YSABELLA P ACh, cross</p><p>Rev: +DE CLARENCIA, Chatel tournois</p><p>Reference: MPS.15b</p><p><br /></p><p>I picked up these two coins because of I found&nbsp; something special about the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>(3)&nbsp; On the reverse, a portion of Czar’s face is obliterated by an overstrike, an official punchmark by their successors showing that coin could still be used as currency.&nbsp; The Czar’s wife’s face is unmarked -- but it is such a crude portrait, can you imagine being remembered for eternity with that face?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(4)&nbsp; A readable date of 1478…yeah!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]601822[/ATTACH] </p><p>SERBIA</p><p>Stefan Dusan of Serbia and <i>Helena of Bulgaria</i>, 1346-1355</p><p>AR dinar .65 - 16 mm</p><p>Obv: IC-XC,full length figure of Christ, nimbate, standing within mandorla, righth and raised in benediction, left holding book of gosples, star by left elbow. </p><p>Rev: ELIA PAE- IPOR STFA, Dusan standing left and his wife <i>Helen of Bulgaria</i> standing right both crowned and holding sceptre, holding long patriarchal cross between them.</p><p>Reference: Javanovic-11-36, Javanovic-46</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]601826[/ATTACH] </p><p>LOWLANDS Flanders</p><p><i>Marie of Burgundy</i> (Marie de Bourgogne), 1477-1482</p><p>AR Gros 1.62gm - 24mm</p><p>Obv: Ornamented cross with BENEDIC AIA MEA&nbsp; DNO 1478.&nbsp; Rev: Entwined design, with MARIA DVCISSA BO COM FL. [has readable date 1478]</p><p>Reference: Lev.II.35[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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