Belated entry 1000-99AD Western Chaluykas of Kalyana AV Pagoda ND Somesvara I Tralokyamalla 1043-68AD
Crusader ! Tripoli, Count Raymond III (1152-1187), AR pougeoise Obv: + BΛMVND COMS Cross with group of three dots in second quarter. Rev: + CIVITΛS TRIPOL eight-pointed star with annulets between rays. The same with the castle of the count, Qal'at Sanjil ("Castle of Saint-Gilles") in Tripoli (largely refurbished by the Ottoman pasha in the early 1800s).
German Kings of Sicily.... AV 2 Tari ND Messina Mint Friedrich II von Hohenstaufen/ Holy Roman Emperor/ King of Sicily ex: von Brùck coll.
Sicily/ German Kings AV 4 Tari ND RRRR Messina Mint Konrad I von Hohenstaufen 1250-58 This is the only AV 4 Tari known ex: von Brùck coll.
Crusader imitation of Islamic Dirham. Struck at Acre mint. Bears the Christian date 1253 instead of hijri date AH 651. In the name of as-Salih Isma'il, Ayyubid Sultan of Damascu. Album 849.2, Metcalf 235 Starting with the next time frame, I will be able to participate on a larger scale. Can't wait!!
Just an everyday AR Pfennig (Penny) when they were made of silver Otto III of Bavaria, (and Prince-Bishop Heinrich II von Rotteneck of Regensburg, joint coinage. Regensburg, Herzoglich-Bayerische Münzstätte, 1290 - 1296 0.90 g Emmerig 246a; Mettcalf 50; Beierlein 34-36; Ob.:Bust of duke, facing, over turreted wall, H - O (Herzog Otto) at left and rightof head. Rv.: Double gables, in which bishop’s head left and duke’s head right are facing. My apologies for not being able to make better pictures :-(
Southern Song Dynasty, Shaoxi, 1190-1204 The Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty would finish off the Southern Song later in the 1200s.
Seljuks of Rum Three Brothers AV Dinar AH 648 Qonya Mint Kayka'us II / Qilij Arslan IV / Ala al-Din Kayqubad 1249-59AD