I Am Looking For Illustrations Of Medieval Letters Used On Coins.

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oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5263 Posts	Posted 12/05/2016 8:01 pm I have been attempting to identify medieval coins, and it is a struggle sometimes to determine what the letter of the legend is. For example, a "c" looked like an "o" to me. Does someone have a good on-line reference which illustrates what the different letters look like? I find that the catalogues I have are quite weak in this area-they seem to take this bit of knowledge for granted. Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34453 Posts	Posted 12/05/2016 8:06 pm @oriole, yes I have struggled with this topic for many years. I think that a healthy knowledge of Latin helps, because in many cases, you can better anticipate the letters if you know a few. Other than the my two threads here: http://goccf.com/t/264653 http://goccf.com/t/275137 I'm not aware of any other information on this subject. It would be awesome if someone else here in CCF did... "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
aiglet7 Pillar of the Community Canada 695 Posts	Posted 12/06/2016 01:42 am Does this link help? http://muzeydeneg.ru/eng/?p=550 Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34453 Posts	Posted 12/06/2016 05:53 am @aiglet, nice link! Knowing what the rest of a word might be based on a few of the letters is definitely helpful, but I think that @oriole is looking for images of the individual letters and what various shapes (and orientations) they can take. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 12/06/2016 06:40 am I have always had difficulty with Lombardic script on medieval coins. Lombardic script on documents however, is usually easier to read. Google images 'lombardic script' is a good place to get a start. Edited by sel_69l 12/06/2016 06:45 am Report this Post to the Staff
oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5263 Posts	Posted 12/06/2016 11:07 am @aiglet, @Spence is correct, it is the images of the individual letters I am after. Your link, however, does have useful information. I will do more internet searching, and if all else fails I may be forced to do the work myself. At any rate, I am quite sure that I can grab images from the multitude available. I will share this with the group whenever I get more. Report this Post to the Staff
jamesicus Valued Member United States 167 Posts	Posted 12/06/2016 11:40 am Try these resources: http://www.calligraphy-skills.com/c...phabets.html https://www.britannica.com/art/call...-handwriting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calligraphy Report this Post to the Staff
jamesicus Valued Member United States 167 Posts	Posted 12/06/2016 12:15 pm Another Medieval alphabet resource: http://calligraphyalphabet.org/medi...phabets-a-z/ Report this Post to the Staff
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