Posted 04/02/2021 8:11 pm
Could be Limburg, but the rampant lion is somewhat common on medieval coins.
To me this looks like a 14th Century Denarius from Aquileia. Here is a link to an Italian site where this coin is discussed:
https://www.lamoneta.it/topic/99271...-aquileiese/
Here is the description:
Unfortunately, I can't find a similar coin on numista.
To me this looks like a 14th Century Denarius from Aquileia. Here is a link to an Italian site where this coin is discussed:
https://www.lamoneta.it/topic/99271...-aquileiese/
Here is the description:
Quote:
It is a denarius of Nicolò di Boemia, patriarch of Aquileia from 1350 to 1358.
He was a German, half-brother of Emperor Charles IV.
At D / there is the lion of Bohemia and Luxembourg, crowned, rampant, with a bifid tail; the crowned head interrupts the linear circle.
The legend is: + coin + nicolai
On the R / there is a leafed and decorated cross contained in a double quadrilobe.
The legend is: + PATKE + AQVILEGE
It is a denarius of Nicolò di Boemia, patriarch of Aquileia from 1350 to 1358.
He was a German, half-brother of Emperor Charles IV.
At D / there is the lion of Bohemia and Luxembourg, crowned, rampant, with a bifid tail; the crowned head interrupts the linear circle.
The legend is: + coin + nicolai
On the R / there is a leafed and decorated cross contained in a double quadrilobe.
The legend is: + PATKE + AQVILEGE
Unfortunately, I can't find a similar coin on numista.
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