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

Interesting about your two coins for this decade is that both Arras and Ypres bounced back and forth between France and Low Countries in the years since those two coins were struck.

Arras was the main city (and mint) of the County of Artois, which ceased to be "French" in 1384, coming first under Burgundian rule, and then SPanish Netherlands, but returned to France in 1659.
For the record, Stella Artois beer has nothing to do with Artois. It has always been brewed in Leuven, Belgium .

Likewise, Ieper (Ypres in French) is a place that straddles the boundary of Belgian Flanders and French Flanders. As best I can tell, the last regular circulation coins struck there date to around 1300, though there were some siege issues struck during the turbulent times in this part of Europe in the 1580s

Rather far to the south. See my example of the same coin posted a bit upthread

Last call for coins minted starting in the decade of the 1180s. Starting tomorrow morning let's drop back to the 1170s. Thx.

What I do have in this time period are all 1172-96.

Anonymous Hungarian Denar (1172-96,King Bela IV?);Huszar 181,Unger 95,Rethy I-162,CAC Vol. II/20.21.1.1. This is 1 of 2 sigla varieties I have out of 38.





This is a bracteate that could be from Bela III 1172-96 or Bela IV (1235-70);Huszar 191,Unger 117,Rethy I-271.



This bracteate could be from the same time periods as the previous one,Huszar 191,Unger 122,Rethy I-271.

Duchy of Aquitaine 1172-85, denier, Richard the Lionheart/Cœur de Lion. Silver, 0.67 g, 19 mm. Duplessy 1033, Elias 4, Roberts 3885.



Obv: Cross above and ω below the inscription. The ω (omega) is a Christian symbol, the exact meaning of it here is uncertain.*
Inscription: RICARDVS.

Rev: Cross.
Inscription: AGVITANIE.

Richard the Lionheart, from 1189 King Richard I of England, became Duke of Aquitaine in 1172, only 14 years old. His time as duke was a more or less continuous combat for power with his father Henry II of England, his two brothers, and rebellious barons. It is a bit uncertain precisely to which time period his coinage should be attributed. 1172-85 is what Elias suggests.

* The pair Α - ω (Alpha - omega) is an ancient Christian symbol for God as the beginning and the end, i.e., being eternal (from the Book of Revelation), and has been used on coins since Roman times. The meaning of ω in isolation is not as clear. It can mean perfection, fulfilment; in a Christian context the goal of the creation.

Maybe not, if he only collects denars?

But I do:


Still the seller's photos.
WCN has this as Huszar 72 but with a narrower date range, 1172-1182. ?

Nice one @tdz!

Here is a Denier from the German Archbishopric of Cologne that dates to between 1175 and 1181 AD. The obv legend is HITARCH EPICOPV and the rev legend is SANCTA COLONIA. It is attributed as Haeve 541.

Let's give it another day for folks to post their coins of the 1170s. Unless there are a bunch more posted and we need more time, we can drop back to the 1160s starting Saturday morning.