A Couply Tricky Coins I Am Trying To Identify

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joshbee New Member United States 32 Posts	Posted 08/22/2014 12:29 am Ok, so the coin looks to be from 1625. Also it is a portrait of some king the 3rd, as far as I can tell. It looks like roman numeral 3 at about 11 oclock. I also see the word REX at about 4 to 5 oclock. On the back I see the crusader cross and the letters HOO. Any ideas? I tried looking up 1625 on numista, and no luck. On this coin I can see a horse on the front with some letters going over the top. I cant make out many of the letters. This last coin is a crusader coin of sorts that I cant figure out. I feel like that W at the bottom should be saying alot, but I dont know what any of the inscription means. Any thoughts? Report this Post to the Staff

Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 08/22/2014 09:31 am enhanced pictures will help: has this 3th coin a backside? Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 08/22/2014 3:59 pm Coin #1 is a 3 cavalli of Naples under the rule of Philip IV of Spain. Not HOO, but HOC, as in IN HOC SIGNO VINCES: The obverse here is a bit odd, though. Here's what I think is going on: In the legend from 9:00 to 12:00 you can see a repeat of the section reading ~VS•IIII~. I think this is from a first strike; the planchet was then rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise and struck again. Edited by philadelphian 08/22/2014 4:00 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 08/22/2014 5:21 pm Well done Phil. Philip IV was also written as Philip IIII Report this Post to the Staff
joshbee New Member United States 32 Posts	Posted 08/22/2014 11:02 pm Very interesting about IV written as IIII. I knew it looked like IIII, but I discarded it because it didn't make sense for roman numerals. As for the back of the last coin, I can't see how to paste it in here, so here is a link to imgur: http://imgur.com/stOLw7y Report this Post to the Staff
joshbee New Member United States 32 Posts	Posted 08/22/2014 11:04 pm Awesome job on that ID for the first one! Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 08/23/2014 12:14 am Thank you so much for the second pic! The obverse shows the large, stylized central S, surrounded by the legend SENAVETVS. In that context, the legend on the cross side is ALFA ET O. This is a coin (possibly a quattrino) of the Republic of Siena. Looking for a good pic as an example of this variety, but let's start with this parpagliola. Very different issue, but note the symbol at the top? Edited by philadelphian 08/23/2014 12:19 am Report this Post to the Staff
joshbee New Member United States 32 Posts	Posted 08/23/2014 12:28 am Very interesting! I wish there were better resources on coins from this time period. Report this Post to the Staff
Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 08/23/2014 2:59 pm sena vetus civitas virginis : virgin of the old city (or something like that) this link gives some pictures of the 3th coin: https://www.google.be/search?q=sena...1264&bih=685 Here you find the treasure of the city Sienna : http://www.iltesorodisiena.net/2011...vergine.html http://www.thefullwiki.org/Siena Nice work Phil! Report this Post to the Staff
Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 08/23/2014 4:12 pm on this site you can find some books : http://www.medievalcoinage.com/pdfbooks/ page 185-187 : Sena : http://www.medievalcoinage.com/pdfb...liae_V01.pdf Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 08/23/2014 6:24 pm No, the "civitatis virginis" motto is from different Siena coin issues. This one reads ALFA ET (or ED) O, for "alpha and omega," Christ's self-description in the Bible. Sometimes the O is rendered as a Greek lowercase omega. Edited by philadelphian 08/23/2014 6:29 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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