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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clavdivs, post: 7617608, member: 93702&quot;][ATTACH=full]1311067[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">GERMANY, Schwäbisch Hall: AR Handheller, issued 1300-1356. 0.49g, 17mm.Obv: &quot;hand of God&quot;Rev: A cross with a pellet at each end.Cracked, with slivers of flan loss.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">The &quot;hand heller&quot; was in common use within southwest Germany in the 12th century, and soon became a de facto imperial coin. Many cities in the area coined their own Handhellar, but with no identifying mark (until an imperial edict of 1356 required a mintmark), there is no way to know for certain where these coins were minted.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">&nbsp;The disastrous mortal disease known as the <b>Black Death</b> spread across Europe in the years 1346-53. Approximately 50 million died in Europe</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1311069[/ATTACH]</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Trajan, AD 98-117</b></font></p><p><font size="3">Roman AR denarius; 2.92 gm, 20.1 mm, 7 h</font></p><p><font size="3">Rome, AD 114-117</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Obv:</b> IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC, laureate and draped bust, right</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Rev:</b> P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, Mars walking right with spear and trophy</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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