Weird Unidentified Medieval Coin #1 - Balkans? Caucasus?

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january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5186 Posts	Posted 10/21/2019 6:49 pm I bought a bunch of unattributed medieval (and other) coins from a bargain bin last Wednesday; I kept putting back posting them for identification on CCF, but I guess I should probably do it anyway. This particular coin is probably the one I'm most interested in - not that I have any idea what it could actually be... 13 mm, 0.5 grams. I thought I've seen a similar central design (first photo) on a Bulgarian coin, but couldn't find anything on a search. No idea if it's even the correct side up. The other pic looks like the central design might be a lion or a leopard. Any ideas? Hopefully the unusual lines on the first pic jog someone's memory... Report this Post to the Staff

Thestranger New Member United States 14 Posts	Posted 10/21/2019 7:01 pm I am new to medieval, but I am lurking to learn more from the other members. Interesting find by the way. Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7067 Posts	Posted 10/21/2019 11:14 pm I think I can just barely make out a lion rampant reverse. Perhaps something like this, from Serbia?: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3325767 Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7067 Posts	Posted 10/21/2019 11:15 pm With the sale price: https://cNGCoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=287476 Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34562 Posts	Posted 10/22/2019 05:51 am Nailed it @bob! I have never seen this monogram before--it is quite distinctive. "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
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5186 Posts	Posted 10/22/2019 10:42 am Quote: Nailed it @bob! I have never seen this monogram before--it is quite distinctive. Apparently this type is supposed to be Jovanovic 42.21 (whatever that is). I don't think I've heard much about the Despotate of Serbia before, and I certainly didn't realize that they made any coins! I see that this type is not on Numista (which only has one coin type for the entire Despotate of Serbia), which is probably part of why I didn't find it. Fun fact about Djuradj Brankovic: his daughter-in-law, Helena Palaiologina, was Ivan the Terrible's great-aunt. Report this Post to the Staff
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