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1400 is the last year of the 14th century, I think...

So : AR grosso of the doge Michele Steno (1400-1413), Venice (Italy ;-) )


Obv.: MIChAЄL·STЄN· · ·B·M·VЄNЄTI· / DVX, St. Mark standing facing holding gospel, giving standard to doge standing right
Rev.: ·+·TIBI·LAVS· ·T·GLORIA·, Christ enthroned facing.

(pics taken with my smartphone)

 

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phenomenal portrait of Christ on that piece

 

Dehli Sultanate
AV "Fi'ahd Type" Tanka AH 734
Hadrat Dehli
Muhammad III bin Tughluq 1325-51AD
ex: Paul Stevens Coll.

 

Ilkhans of Persia
AV Heavy Dinar AH 722
Sultaniya Mint
Abu Sa'id 1316-36AD

 

France/ Valois Kings
AV Agnel d'or ND (Struck 21.Oct. 1417AD)
Angers Mint
Charles VI "le Fol" 1380-1422AD)

 

The last coin should go into next century/ sorry!
This one is more fit....
France/ Valois Kings
AV Ecu d'or au Couronne ND (Struck 28. Feb. 1388AD)
St. Quentin Mint
Charles VI "le Fol" 1380-1422AD

 

I wholeheartedly agree. An incredible amount of detail on a coin, 2/3 the
size of a U.S. dime. The die engraver must've had amazing vision. The coin is
650+/- years old. John Baumgart, known on this forum as @messydesk, took the
pictures. I'm almost embarrassed to reveal the price I paid.

 

Sorry I had to use my crappy pics/ I could not find sixbid photos Coin looks way nicer then photo.

 

Trier/ Erzbistum
AV Goldgulden ND (1365)
Koblenz Mint
Kuno II von Falkenstein 1362-88AD

 

Mystery coin/
Navarre or Evreux?
AV Florin d'or ND
Evreux Mint
Charles le Mauvais 1332-88AD Comte d'Evreux/ King of Navarre
Grandson of Louis X "le Hutin" whose Father was the evil Philippe IV "the Fair" who had the Knight's Templar arrested/ tortured/ burnt at the stake in order to seize their treasure/ which was never found.
Philippe d'Evreux/ Jeanne de Navarre were parents. Charles was even worse then Philippe IV. Grierson stated that these Florins were struck by Charles/ unlisted

 

Sure does. Saw him the other day on new TV Gray

 

In Philip the Fair's time, the Knights Templar were no longer warriors fighting the Sarrazins in the Holy Land, they had become bankers. Because they had been created by the Pope in the 12th c. as a sovereign order, they were submitted to no secular government, no king had any authority on them or could tax them. They ignored borders and had branches in all European countries, in France their local agencies were called "commanderies" and in Paris their headquarters were a huge castle with a conspicuous keep overlooking the urban landscape. A large part of their wealth consisted of land. A small suburban town not far from where I live is still called "Savigny le Temple" which means in middle French "Savigny (property of) the Order of the Temple": the whole village with its territory used to belong to them. But their most profitable business was loans: they were an international bank, after all.
The Templars' treasure was not an indoor swimming pool full of gold coins like Uncle Scrooge's. Their main treasure was parchment: property acts, assets, receivables... The king of France was heavily indebted to them, so were many other kings, dukes, counts, bishops, etc. The Knights Templars did not hoard gold but made it work.

 

Mainz/ Erzbistum
AV Goldgulden ND (1397AD)
Bingen Mint
Johann II von Nassau 1371-1413AD

 

Kingdom of Hungary
AV goldgulden ND (1388AD)
Buda Mint
Sigismund von Luxembourg 1387-1437AD
He was King of Hungary/ also Holy Roman Emperor and had to deal with the Hussite rampages into Bohemia after Jan Huss was burnt at the stake.

 

Castile & Leon
Pedro I "the Cruel' 1350-68AD
AV Dobla de 35 Maravedis ND
Sevilla Mint
Thankfully lots are avaliable for average collectors He also struck magnificent AV 10/ 20 and 50 Doblas which are so nice/ and unaffordable

 

Kingdom of Hungary
AV Aranyforint ND (1379AD)
Buda Mint
Lajos (Ludwig) I 1342-82AD
Nudelmann Auction/ there were many to chose from!

 

France/ Valois Kings
AV Franc a Pied ND struck(20/July 1365)
Unknown Mint
Charles V "le Sage" 1364-80AD)

 

15th century, now

There were lords and top merchants counting their florins and écus d'or. And there were peasants, humble fishermen, washerwomen, beggars at the church gate, who probably never had the opportunity to hold a gorgeous gold coin in their calloused hands. This kind was more suitable for them :


Portugal, Alfonso V (1438-1481), AE ceitil.

 

Yes, 1400CE-1500CE now. Sorry folks, had some bad news and my head is not on coins right now.