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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2246201, member: 42634&quot;]here&#039;s a coin that isn&#039;t so nice, but going rate for the type and has an interesting history.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_7018_zpsqqjqlxpp.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_7018_zpsqqjqlxpp.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_7018_zpsqqjqlxpp.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6">Bulgaria, Ivan Stratzimir, 1360-1396 AD </font></p><p>O: Czar enthroned. R: Bust of Christ. Greirson 388, 18 mm, 0.8 g</p><p><br /></p><p>here&#039;s a nice one, that i can&#039;t afford...just to show&nbsp; what it looks like..not exactly the same but very similar.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://photos.auctionanything.com/x/9284/A15-160.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>this is the last, or one of the last,&nbsp; coins of medieval bulgaria.</p><p><br /></p><p>you may remember this coin, a few of us have them.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/7f11c691-4639-4aca-bf12-41058158f105_zps747a0169.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/7f11c691-4639-4aca-bf12-41058158f105_zps747a0169.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/7f11c691-4639-4aca-bf12-41058158f105_zps747a0169.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/29e89fd6-3b32-4ad9-9682-bc3f488336e0_zps6b1bbebb.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/29e89fd6-3b32-4ad9-9682-bc3f488336e0_zps6b1bbebb.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/29e89fd6-3b32-4ad9-9682-bc3f488336e0_zps6b1bbebb.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>this is a bulgarian coin of ivan alexander and michal asen iv.&nbsp; ivan alexander was ivan stratzimirs father, michael was his brother....killed in battle with the ottomans.&nbsp; after ivan alexander, his remaining kids squabbled over bulgaria and the ottomans finished them off..they finished off ivan himself in 1396.</p><p>ivan strazimir son, constatine ii, ruled at least portions of bulgaria until shortly before his death in 1422.&nbsp; seems there is debate over as to if 1396 or 1422 is the official end of medieval bulgaria, but either way...there wouldn&#039;t be bulgarian coins minted again until the late 1800.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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