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I will never rest with having been so thoroughly trounced by spence! So I am driven to continue accumulating deniers to redeem myself! Or ... My collecting themes mean I occasionally pick up a few more items that fit here. Take your pick, but here goes... A Flanders "kleine denarius" or "petit denier" c. 1140-1180, unknown mint. possibly Arras, moneyer Simon, whose name is around the edge reverse:   Edited by tdziemia
03/27/2025 8:18 pm
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Very nice addition, tdziemia.  Errers and Varietys.
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Excellent, tdziemia! |
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Sorry the first picture is a bit blurry; hand held photos don't go so well on an 11 mm coin  )... In the center at left and right are two stylized fleur-de-lis pointing toward each other. A star above, and a crescent below. Reverse, most of the legend + S I M O N can be seen. It's believed the moneyer was in Arras (in modern France, but then in Flanders), based on prevalence of this type in hoards, and other facts of numismatic history in that region. In the book Les Petits Deniers de Flandre des XIIe et XIIIe Siecles, Ghyssens identifes 20 variants on this general type (#101-120). I think mine is #106. Next, an unusual Polish denar from the reign of Boleslaw IV. The unusual depiction of the king as a sort of Byzantine-style emperor, is believed to date the coin to 1157 or a bit later, and a tribute agreement with Frederick I. Kopicki 58.   Edited by tdziemia
03/28/2025 08:18 am
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Another nice one! |
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Excellent examples! |
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Nice addition, tdziemia.
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Possibly spence already posted one of these (I'm too lazy to scroll back, and not smart enough to figure out how to seach ...) Kingdom of Sicily, billon denaro of Frederick II Hohenstaufen struck at the Brindisi mint, likely in 1243:   |
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Nice addition, tdziemia! Errers and Varietys.
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Kingdom of Sicily, billon denaro of Frederick II Hohenstaufen struck at the Brindisi mint, likely in 1243: Very nice! |
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Here is a denar of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg, dating from 1023-1051. Dannenberg 648, N#108505.   Obv: Bust of Saint Maurice right. + SCS MAVRICIVS Rev: Building with three towers, retrograde legend + MAGDEDVRG Auction houses describe the structure on the reverse as a city wall/gate with three towers, but I'm not buying it. A large abbey church dedicated to Saint Maurice was built in Magdeburg in the mid-900s, and burned down in 1207. It's pretty clear to me this image is that church, with the normal set of towers: one over the transept and two out front. Yes, there appear to be walls to the sides, but abbeys were usually enclosed affairs (how ya gonna keep the moks down on the farn?) Edited by tdziemia
11/08/2025 2:48 pm
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