Walking Back In Time From 1600 To Antiquity By Decades (V3.0)

Yikes! Looks like a lot of us were "one and done" this decade (If I recall correctly, 1390s was also kind of weak),
I am sure next decade will be better and that we will see some nice French coins.

@tdz, don't have to wait until next decade for a coin of France!


Here is a Double-Parisis from France that is datable to the range of 1295 to 1303 AD (first issue). The obv legends are MONETA DVPLEX and REGA LIS while the rev legend is PHILIPPVS REX. This refers to the issuer, King Philipp "The Fair". This has one of my favorite letterforms for M--sort of like an oval with a vertical line down the middle. I have attributed it as Roberts 2602a and Duplessy 227.

Here is my oldest Irish coin, a Penny issued in Dublin somewhere in the range of 1297 to 1302 AD. The obv legend is EDWR ANGLD NSHYB while the rev legend is CIVI TAS DVBL INIE. As I understand these things, it is class IVa and have attributed it as SCBC 6251.




That's all I've got for this decade, but I hope we see loads more coins!

@grin, it sounds like you are done for this decade, but please keep posting if you have any non-Golden Horde coins from this decade. Any other stragglers out there from anyone else?

If no other coins are posted, then let's drop back another decade starting tomorrow morning. I'm really interested to see what we get for the 1280s.

Date listing for the 1290s...

1299-95 - apparently none (would be 698 to 694 AH)
1294 - Grinya (693 AH)
1293 - Grinya (692 AH)
1292 - apparently none (would be 691 AH)
1291 - Spence, Grinya (690 AH)
1290 - apparently none (would be 689 AH)

Some nice dated Islamic coins from (mostly) @Grinya, and of course many more (mostly even nicer) undated coins from many others. Unfortunately I don't (yet) have anything (that I know of) to show for this century.

Thx for getting us started @tdz.

Here is a Penny from Great Britain that is datable to 1280-1281 AD. It was minted in Lincoln. The obv inscription is +EDWR ANGL DNS hYB while the rev inscription is CIVI TAS LIN COL. I have attributed it as Spink 1427-3g. This was the first coin from the decade to make its way into my collection--almost exactly 20 years ago. I don't pay a premium for toning, but do appreciate the color on this Penny.

Very nice pair of English coins after my mushy esterlin!
My first of two from Italy this decade...
Republic of Venice, grosso of doge Pietro Gradenigo (1289-1311), Biaggi 2794 and Numista #113607.



Obv: Doge receiving a banner from St. Mark. S.M.VENETI - PEGRADONICO DVX
Rev: Christ Pantocrator

Nice pennies and grosso!

I have but one coin from this decade.

France 1285-90, gros tournois, Philip IV. 0.913-0.958 silver, 3.95 g, 25.5 mm. Duplessy 213, Lafaurie 218, Roberts 2461, van Hengel 600.02.



Obv: Cross.
Inscription, outer: BeNeDICTVm SIT NOMEn DomiNI NostRI DEI IhV XPI (Blessed be the name of our Lord Jesus Christ). The IhV XPI for Jesus Christ is a short form for the Greek Ιησου Χριστου (with latinized lettering).
Inscription, inner: PHILIPPVS REX (King Philip).

Rev: Chatel Tournois and 12 fleurs-de-lys.
Inscription: TVRONVS CIVIS (City of Tours).

The gros tournois was minted from 1266 and well into the 14th century, with varying (mostly decreasing) fineness. Like on other French coins from the period, Turonus/Tours does not indicate the mint but that the denomination is in deniers tournois (as opposed to deniers parisis). The gros tournois initially had a value of 12 deniers tournois, a value that was later increased.