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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2281170, member: 42634&quot;]both of these purchases were inspired by some of you bad influences here at cointalk.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=74712]@FitzNigel[/USER]&nbsp; thread on a coin of william ii with an arabic legend...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/medieval-william-ii-of-norman-sicily.269885/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/medieval-william-ii-of-norman-sicily.269885/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/medieval-william-ii-of-norman-sicily.269885/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>i asked about a coin of bela iii of hungary that also has a pseudo/imitative (see the thread above) and mentioned that i didn&#039;t have one of the type.&nbsp; that has been remedied.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_7182_zpskgsnbs8z.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_7182_zpskgsnbs8z.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_7182_zpskgsnbs8z.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><font size="6"><b>HUNGARY, Bela III, 1172-1196 AD, Arabic style&nbsp; </b></font></p><p>Pseudo-Arabic legends on both sides. 24 mm, 2.4 g</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>this thread by [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] reminded me that i wanted a type of coin i had seen before, but didn&#039;t know the name for...&quot;bracteate&quot;.&nbsp; if interested, see his thread for a discussion of the type.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/swiss-bracteate-of-gallen-abbey-1295-1301.269943/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/swiss-bracteate-of-gallen-abbey-1295-1301.269943/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/swiss-bracteate-of-gallen-abbey-1295-1301.269943/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>may not have been minted during bela ii reign, these all are attributed to bela iii though his grandson bela iv. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/s-l500_zpscqz62wx1.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/s-l500_zpscqz62wx1.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/s-l500_zpscqz62wx1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/s-l500_zpscqz62wx1.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/s-l500_zpscqz62wx1.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>Bela III - Bela IV of Hungary, 1172-1270 AD, AR Bracteate&nbsp; </b></font></p><p>Head right, reverse incuse of obverse. Unger 122. 16 mm, 0.4 g</p><p><br /></p><p>this thing is so thin, i get nervous every time i handle it!&nbsp; interesting style coin, i don&#039;t own anything quite like it.</p><p><br /></p><p>post anything you want that is vaguely related.</p><p><br /></p><p>bela iii, arabic but not, 12-13th century, very thin...whatev as stevex&nbsp; would say. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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