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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2515072, member: 75525&quot;]My wife is a knitter. She has about as many yarn friends as I have coin friends. We often stop at yarn shops on vacation (the same can be said of coin shops / shows). Because of this, I started a knitting themed coin collection. </p><p>Knitting dates back to 300 AD to 1000 AD depending on which source you believe. </p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]535452[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="http://www.cambridgepatchwork.co.uk/2016/01/the-history-of-knitting-part-1.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cambridgepatchwork.co.uk/2016/01/the-history-of-knitting-part-1.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cambridgepatchwork.co.uk/2016/01/the-history-of-knitting-part-1.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This week I received some Bronze needles. They were described as:</p><p>PAKISTAN, BAKTRIAN-GREEK, c. 450-300 BC, kohl applicator </p><p>They look enough like knitting needles for me to tell my wife they are for knitting even if they pre-date when knitting originated.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]535453[/ATTACH] Ken Dorney, thanks for the lead on these.</p><p><br /></p><p>The rest of the collection is coins! </p><p>[ATTACH=full]535454[/ATTACH]</p><p>Top left - RR denarius, Mn. Fonteius C.f. AR-Denarius, Rome. c. 85.</p><p>Obv.: MN FONTEI / C F Laureate head of Apollo r., thunderbolt Rev.: Cupid on goat r., pilei, thyrsus.</p><p>Cr 353/1b</p><p>Top right - L. Rustius. Denarius circa 76, AR&nbsp; </p><p>Helmeted head of Minerva r.; behind, S·C. Below chin, Ú. Rev. Ram r.; in exergue, L·RVSTI. </p><p>Cr 389/1.</p><p>Bottom, thanks to JA - SWITZERLAND, Sankt Gallen (Abtei). Wilhelm von Montfort. 1281-1301.</p><p>AR Bracteate (17mm, 0.3 g). Struck 1295-1301.</p><p>Obv.: Agnus Dei standing left, head right; cruciform banner behind; all within linear border; beaded circle around[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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