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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;areich, post: 1428712, member: 37479&quot;][TABLE=&quot;width: 1024&quot;]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD][SIZE=-1]Castan</p><p>Cayon</p><p>550[/SIZE][/TD]</p><p>[TD][SIZE=-1]Spain (Toledo)[/SIZE][/TD]</p><p>[TD][SIZE=-1]1166[/SIZE][/TD]</p><p>[TD][SIZE=-1]Obol[/SIZE][/TD]</p><p>[TD][SIZE=-1]+ERA MCCIIII</p><p>(This is the Spanish Es-Safar date, 1204, corresponding to AD 1166)[/SIZE][/TD]</p><p>[TD][SIZE=-1]+TOLETVM[/SIZE][/TD]</p><p>[TD][SIZE=-1]<img src="http://www.medievalcoinage.com/earlydated/spain-obol-1166.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/SIZE][/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD][SIZE=-1]New 1[/SIZE][/TD]</p><p>[TD][SIZE=-1]Denmark (Roskilde)[/SIZE][/TD]</p><p>[TD][SIZE=-1]1234[/SIZE][/TD]</p><p>[TD][SIZE=-1]Denier[/SIZE][/TD]</p><p>[TD][SIZE=-1]+ANNO<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />OMINI</p><p>[/SIZE][/TD]</p><p>[TD][SIZE=-1]+:M:CC:XXX:IIII:[/SIZE][/TD]</p><p>[TD]<a href="http://www.gladsaxegymnasium.dk/2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gladsaxegymnasium.dk/2" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.medievalcoinage.com/earlydated/1234-roskilde-denier-danskmont.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>[SIZE=-1]The 1234 Roskilde Denier (pfennig, penning, etc) holds the title of earliest coin with an Anno Domini date. Its story is quite remarkable and will be added soon. So far seven have been found, and the coin was known as an oddity even back in the early 1800s when Joseph Mader first mentioned it in his large work on medieval coinage. It is also curious for having no mention of its place of origin, the mintmaster, or ruler on the coin itself.[/SIZE]</p><p><img src="http://www.medievalcoinage.com/earlydated/1234-roskilde-denier-bruun.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[SIZE=-1]The only example of this magnificent coin known in private hands was finally put up for public sale by Danish auction house <a href="http://www.bruun-rasmussen.dk/sold-items.do?iid=300230268&amp;lang=en&amp;mode=detail" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bruun-rasmussen.dk/sold-items.do?iid=300230268&amp;lang=en&amp;mode=detail" rel="nofollow"><i>Bruun Rasmussen</i></a> in November 2008 but did not sell at its opening estimate of €33,500. Still it is exciting to see the piece on display! <a href="http://www.medievalcoinage.com/wiki/index.php?title=Image:Roskilde-denier-1234-br_795_186.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalcoinage.com/wiki/index.php?title=Image:Roskilde-denier-1234-br_795_186.jpg" rel="nofollow">Click here</a> for a larger image of this coin.[/SIZE]</p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[/TABLE][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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