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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 5412714, member: 110504&quot;]A fun thing you can do with medievals is to associate them with castles.&nbsp; In the absence of much of a feudal series for English hammered, I do that with those all the time.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a Henry III long cross cut halfpenny that [USER=87080]@TheRed[/USER] very kindly sold me when he upgraded to a (magnificent) whole one.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/carlisle-2-jpg-jpg.1168796/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Rev.: ION [ON CAR]LEL.&nbsp; (...Really great to get the moneyer <i>and </i>mint from a cut half!)&nbsp; ...Here&#039;s one view of Carlisle Castle, from the English Heritage website:</p><p><img src="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/siteassets/home/visit/places-to-visit/carlisle-castle/histories/carlisle-exterior.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>...Carlisle was right on the the Scottish border, in Cumberland.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a cool Scottish folk song (collected by Robert Burns) about a blind harper from across the border who stole a prize horse from an unnumbered King Henry, who happened to be holding court at Carlisle.</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]AxUFGzt2R-g[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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