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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clavdivs, post: 3880315, member: 93702&quot;]I placed a bunch of proxy bids on the auction as I knew I would be unavailable on the day.... went strong on a couple... but lost &#039;em all... so not strong enough - lesson learned! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie40" alt=":dead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Picked up a few unsolds from the Bargain Bin - very happy to get in on the action and support this awesome auction. A Macrinus (did not have a coin of him .. rough but very interesting), a pretty tidy looking Constantine II - quite a nice coin all around.. and a type way out of what I am usually interested in. But I really liked [USER=96898]@Orielensis[/USER] post on this Handhellar type.. <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/common-medieval-coins-info-thread.337725/#post-3496344" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/common-medieval-coins-info-thread.337725/#post-3496344">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/common-medieval-coins-info-thread.337725/#post-3496344</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe it was his? I hope so! Lots of history to be explored!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1025036[/ATTACH]</p><p>MOESIA INFERIOR, Nikopolis ad Istrum: Macrinus (217-218), struck under Legate Statius Longinus. 12.24g, 27mm.</p><p>Obv: AVT K M OΠEΛΛE CEV H MAKPINOC; Laureate, cuirassed bust of Macrinus facing right, seen from behind.</p><p>Rev: YΠ CTA ΛONΓINOV NIKOΠOLITΩN ΠROC ICTPΩ; Hermes, naked but for chlamys hanging from left shoulder, standing facing, head left, kerykeion in left hand, purse in right hand, rooster at feet left, biting at the purse.</p><p>Moushmov 1291</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1025037[/ATTACH]</p><p>Constantine II as Caesar (317-337) AE3, issued 323-324. Trier, 3.37g.</p><p>Obv: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate head right.</p><p>Rev: CAESARVM NOSTRORVM with VOT / X within wreath; STR-crescent in ex. RIC VII 441.</p><p>From the Doug Smith collection, acquired in 2012 from Don Zauche.</p><p>Very cute tiny wreath.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1025039[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>GERMANY, Schwäbisch Hall: AR Handheller, issued 1300-1356. 0.49g, 17mm.</p><p>Obv: A Glove.</p><p>Rev: A cross with a pellet at each end.</p><p>cf. de Wit 249.</p><p>Cracked, with slivers of flan loss.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Handhellars were first recorded as being minted in 1189 in Hall. While in Frankish lands, the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa believed it was in Swabia, and thus gained the name “Schwäbisch Hall.” Since the metal was more debased, it fell into more 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.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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