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(#5) Duchy of Brabant / Antwerp -- 1 demi briquet, 1476:   (Levinson II-24) Legends: KAROL DI GRA DX BG BR Z LI - lion BENEDIC AIA MEA DNO [A?] 1476 -- flowery wreath on short cross Edited by pepactonius
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Isn't that an Arabic "8" in the date? Yes, my bad, wouldn't that mean the coin is from 1489, not 1479? |
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Yes, my bad, wouldn't that mean the coin is from 1489, not 1479? The Levinson book actually gives the legends with modern letters, but the old-fashioned numerals, so this is definitely 1479. Also, the "8" from this era looks like a modern "8" -- you can look at the 1482 coin I posted earlier. |
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(#6) Electorate of Saxony / Margraviate of Meissen / Leipzig -- 1 spitzgroschen, 1475:   (Levinson I-148) Inscriptions: GROSSUS NOVUS MARCH HIS 75 E W A D G DUCS SAX TV L HAR HS |
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The last coins of 2019, and getting out of my comfort zone.  CONSTANTINE X Dukas & Evdokia follis. Constantinople 1059-1067 AD. Obverse: Christ standing facing on footstool, wearing nimbus and holding Gospels, IC XC across fields. Obverse Inscription: +EMMA NOVHA. Reverse: Eudocia on left, wearing loros with kite-shaped lower panel and crown with cross and pendilia; Constantine on right, wearing loros and crown with cross and pendilia, both standing facing, holding labarum with cross-piece on shaft between them, standing on base and three steps, each places one hand on heart. Reverse Inscription: EVDKARO +KWNTAK. Diameter: 32 mm.  MAURICE TIBERIUS follis. Cyzicus 584-585 AD. Obverse: Helmeted cuirassed bust facing. Obverse Inscription: ON MAVRIC TIbER PP A. Reverse: Large M, ANNO in left field, cross above, III (regnal year 3rd) in right field, A (officina) below. Exergue: KYZ. Diameter: 32 mm.  TIBERIUS II Constantine follis. Constantinople 580-581 AD. Obverse: Crowned bust facing wearing consular robes and holding mappa and eagle-tipped scepter. Obverse Inscription: DN TIb CON-STANT PP AVI. Reverse: Large m (lower case), ANNO in left field , cross above, GI (regnal year 7th) in right field, CONA in exergue. Diameter: 31 mm. |
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Some honest wear and lots of character. Nice set of Byzantine folles.  |
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@pepactonius....Some great coins...Thanks for the legend descriptions as I'm beginning to recognise the lettering and numbers now....How many coins did you acquire of your 15th century collection this year?
@Novicius...Nice coins Jim but I'm drowning with you in the deep end! I haven't touched on Byzantine coins yet but I do like the look of the Tiberius II coin...Nice additions......
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..How many coins did you acquire of your 15th century collection this year? I got a total of 11 coins from the 1400s this year -- just enough to select a top-10 list, omitting the worst one (a spitzgroschen from 1477). |
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(#7) Juanpur Sultanate -- BI tanka, AH 878 = 1473-1474 AD:   This is Goron & Goenka J27 or Rajgor 2737. G&G gives the transliterated full inscription for both sides, if you are interested, but no translation. The only thing of interest to me on this coin is the date at 7:00 on the 1st image. Usually, these dates are partly or completely off the flan. Mainly, this coin fills the 1473 gap in the "How far back can we go, 5th edition" thread. Edited by pepactonius
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@Bob L Thanks Bob, the Byzantine coins do have a lot of character, and a kind of naive beauty that I am very attracted to. @Palouche I know what you are saying Paul, and I'm getting further away from the late Roman coins that I feel reasonably comfortable with. Instead of concentrating on one subject, I'm finding myself getting into a wider and wider field, and knowing less about more! "Drowning" is a very apt description!  |
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I know that the number '4' on coins from the 1400s tend to look different , but why did they use an Arabic number '7' in the date? If you look at @pepactonius nice 1475 coin posted 12/30, you'll see that the late 15th c. 5 looks like a 7. The 7 looks like an inverted V, and the 4 looks like an inverted Greek gamma (between then and 30 to 50 years later, the 5 will grow a hat, the 7 will rotate 45 degrees clockwise, the 4 will rotate 45 degrees counterclockwise). That should make it all perfectly clear |
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If you look at @pepactonius nice 1475 coin posted 12/30, you'll see that the late 15th c. 5 looks like a 7. The 7 looks like an inverted V, and the 4 looks like an inverted Greek gamma (between then and 30 to 50 years later, the 5 will grow a hat, the 7 will rotate 45 degrees clockwise, the 4 will rotate 45 degrees counterclockwise).
That should make it all perfectly clear I think it does hahaha, those medieval guys really did it differently than now. |
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(#8) Archduchy of Austria / Wiener-Neustadt -- 1 kreuzer, 1471:   (Levinson IV-24) Legends: MON NOV CIV 1471 FRIDRIC ROMAN IP |
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(#9) Archduchy of Austria / Wiener-Neustadt -- 1 kreuzer, 1470:   (Levinson IV-21) Legends: MON NOV CIV 1470 FRIDIC ROMAN IP |
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(#10) Electorate of Saxony / Margraviate of Meissen / Freiberg -- 1 horngroschen, 1465:   (Levinson I-96a) E A D G DVX SAX TVR L MARCH HIS 65 W D G DVX SAX TVR K MARCH HIS |
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