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This coin weighs 3.0 grams and has a diameter of about 28 millimeters. I cannot make out any specific words, unfortunately, and most of the letters are worn/ clipped. Although the imagery seems fairly distinctive I cannot locate a match. Any help would be greatly appreciated.   |
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I think it says GROSSI PRAGENSES around the lion and DEI GRATIA REX BOEMIE on the other side. I suppose the inner legend would have the ruler's name WINCEZLAVS... (or something similar). It would mean it's a Bohemian coin.
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10/12/2016 11:16 am
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And here's what might be the second word in the inner circle around the crown: TERCIVS (the third). Compare the position of visible letters on your specimen with this old e-bay image which I enlarged:  |
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Lithuania
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Coin forum, many thanks! I need to brush up on my medieval lettering.
I apologize, I guess that is a lion not a griffon.
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10/12/2016 5:22 pm
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Coin forum, just one further question:
Why is the coin enscribed Wenzelaus tercius (the third) when it is a coin of what history records as Wenzeslaus IV?
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Differences in counting usually arise from differences between actual history and official history. In this case, the king we now call Wenceslaus III was the uncrowned son of Wenceslaus II, who ruled Bohemia for just over one year before being assassinated. He apparently either issued no coins, or issued coins only in the name of his late father. When the king we call Wencesalus IV came to power sixty years later, he seems to have conveniently forgotten (or perhaps even been unaware) that the previous Wenceslaus III had ever existed. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Wenceslaus III (1305-1306) was formal ruler of Bohemia, but he was assassinated in Olomouc, 04-06-1306 before his coronation.
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Too unimportant to count at the time, but later history is more generous. Makes sense.
Well, being royal was rough in those days, but they had real power if they could grab it.
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