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<p>[QUOTE="FitzNigel, post: 4611438, member: 74712"]I have begun to notice a preference for imitations in my collecting habits. I am currently waiting in two interesting ones to arrive, but here are others:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1142085[/ATTACH] HRE - Osnabrück</p><p>Bishop Konrad I von Velber, r. 1227-1239 (1236-39)</p><p>AR Pfenning, 17.71 mm x 1 gram</p><p>Obv.: SANCT' PE[T']. Head of St. Peter facing holding key</p><p>Rev.: +CON[RAD]VS EPC'. Voided short cross with quatrefoil in each angle</p><p>Note: Imitation of Short Cross Sterling. Supposedly of Henry III</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1142087[/ATTACH] </p><p>Italy - Rome</p><p>Roman Senate, c. 12-13th C.</p><p>AR Denier, 17.26 mm x 0.9 grams</p><p>Obv.: [RO]M[A CAPVT] MV[N]. Legend beginning at 3hr. Comb center, S above with sun to left and moon to right</p><p>Rev.: [SENATVS . P.O.R.]. Cross patee, 1st q. moon, 2nd q. pellet, 3rd q. star, 4th q. V</p><p>Ref.: Roberts 4733 Variety</p><p>Note: Imitative of Champagne</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1142089[/ATTACH] </p><p>Norman Italy - Apulia</p><p>Roger Borsa, r. 1085-1111</p><p>AE Follis, 19.08 mm x 2.2 grams</p><p>Obv.: Bust of Christ facing, cross behind, wearing pallium and Colvin , raising right hand in benediction, Gospels in left, crescent above, IC - XC flanking</p><p>Rev.: Cross with globule and two pellets at each extremity, large crescent below, four globules around each surrounded by pellets</p><p>Note: Imitative of a Byzantine Anonymous Follis, Class J. Found in Southern Italy. It cannot be earlier than 1085, but my attribution to Roger Borsa in Apulia is due to coins of a similar weight and size from this time and region</p><p><br /></p><p>There are a few more imitatives on my radar as well...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="FitzNigel, post: 4611438, member: 74712"]I have begun to notice a preference for imitations in my collecting habits. I am currently waiting in two interesting ones to arrive, but here are others: [ATTACH=full]1142085[/ATTACH] HRE - Osnabrück Bishop Konrad I von Velber, r. 1227-1239 (1236-39) AR Pfenning, 17.71 mm x 1 gram Obv.: SANCT' PE[T']. Head of St. Peter facing holding key Rev.: +CON[RAD]VS EPC'. Voided short cross with quatrefoil in each angle Note: Imitation of Short Cross Sterling. Supposedly of Henry III [ATTACH=full]1142087[/ATTACH] Italy - Rome Roman Senate, c. 12-13th C. AR Denier, 17.26 mm x 0.9 grams Obv.: [RO]M[A CAPVT] MV[N]. Legend beginning at 3hr. Comb center, S above with sun to left and moon to right Rev.: [SENATVS . P.O.R.]. Cross patee, 1st q. moon, 2nd q. pellet, 3rd q. star, 4th q. V Ref.: Roberts 4733 Variety Note: Imitative of Champagne [ATTACH=full]1142089[/ATTACH] Norman Italy - Apulia Roger Borsa, r. 1085-1111 AE Follis, 19.08 mm x 2.2 grams Obv.: Bust of Christ facing, cross behind, wearing pallium and Colvin , raising right hand in benediction, Gospels in left, crescent above, IC - XC flanking Rev.: Cross with globule and two pellets at each extremity, large crescent below, four globules around each surrounded by pellets Note: Imitative of a Byzantine Anonymous Follis, Class J. Found in Southern Italy. It cannot be earlier than 1085, but my attribution to Roger Borsa in Apulia is due to coins of a similar weight and size from this time and region There are a few more imitatives on my radar as well...[/QUOTE]
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