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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 3558267, member: 91461"]Very cool! Thanks for sharing. I have, possibly, coins of both grandfather's (my understanding is that there is only around 30ish known of his dad and 2 that may be of Vlad himself).</p><p>This first one is certainly Vlad Sepis (Dracula's) grandpa:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]945893[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>Wallachia Mircea cel Bătrân, </b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>1386-1418 ss Ducat 1386-1418 Romania </b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]945894[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Alexandru cel bun (Alexander the Good) </u></b></p><p>Half gos type 4. 11.7 mm diameter, ? g, copper or billon</p><p><u>Obverse</u> Moldavian coat of arms: urus head bearing a five ray star between its horns, the uneven ray pointing down, waning crescent at left and five petal rose at right, the odd petal pointing down (heraldic positioning Reverse shield split vertically; three bars at right and five fleurs-de-lis at left arranged 2-2-1 (heraldic positioning); over the shield the Moldavian urus having at heraldic left a waning crescent (in the missing portion of the coin a five petal rose); partially visible outer pearl circle.</p><p>Secret Saturlanlia gift</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]EqQuihD0hoI[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 3558267, member: 91461"]Very cool! Thanks for sharing. I have, possibly, coins of both grandfather's (my understanding is that there is only around 30ish known of his dad and 2 that may be of Vlad himself). This first one is certainly Vlad Sepis (Dracula's) grandpa: [ATTACH=full]945893[/ATTACH] [SIZE=6][B]Wallachia Mircea cel Bătrân, [/B] [B]1386-1418 ss Ducat 1386-1418 Romania [/B][/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]945894[/ATTACH] [B][U]Alexandru cel bun (Alexander the Good) [/U][/B] Half gos type 4. 11.7 mm diameter, ? g, copper or billon [U]Obverse[/U] Moldavian coat of arms: urus head bearing a five ray star between its horns, the uneven ray pointing down, waning crescent at left and five petal rose at right, the odd petal pointing down (heraldic positioning Reverse shield split vertically; three bars at right and five fleurs-de-lis at left arranged 2-2-1 (heraldic positioning); over the shield the Moldavian urus having at heraldic left a waning crescent (in the missing portion of the coin a five petal rose); partially visible outer pearl circle. Secret Saturlanlia gift [MEDIA=youtube]EqQuihD0hoI[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]
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