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BULGARIAN SILVER GROSCH 1331-55 Strange linear styling of Byzantine imagery shows two Bulgarian Czars,
Rev.: Christ enthroned.
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FOUR KINGS OF POLAND
Silver Cracow half groschen, Fine.
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POLAND SIGISMUND III
1587-1632, these silver 3-polker pieces carry the Polish arms and
royal orb. Some areas weakly struck but |
MEDIEVAL VENETIAN SILVER GROSSI Beautiful and important medieval trade coin. Doge (Duke) with St.
Mark, and Christ enthroned, 1253-1339.
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LITHUANIA SILVER HALF GROSCHEN Depicts the Lithuanian mounted knight and Polish eagle, crudely hand
struck. |
MEDIEVAL SERBIA: KING VUKASHIN Silver Dinar struck 1366-71 depicts Christ enthroned. Reverse bears
royal titles.
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PHILIP I OF FRANCE 1060-1108 Silver denier struck by a contemporary and rival of William the Conqueror.
Obverse depicts gateway, reverse a cross. Orleans mint,
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ISLAMIC FOES OF BYZANTIUM & THE CRUSADERS Ayyubid Silver Dirham with six-pointed star, 1100s-1200s AD, weak
areas, VF by wear .... $16 |
OTTOMAN SILVER PIASTRE 1700s Imagine a 200 year old silver "dollar" in Very Fine so
cheap! All will have normal manufacturing flaws, some may grade higher
by wear but crude......
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THE RENAISSANCE IN FRANCE With the expansion of the Renaissance economy, new royal coins were
struck larger than the old fashioned feudal deniers. These douzains
date from the 1500s. |
EARLY ISLAMIC CALIPHS The Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphs held both secular and religious power
during the golden age of Islam. Their coins bore statements of faith.
8-10th century AD. Umayyad Dirham EF, few edge chips....$25.00 |
BOHEMIA: FAMOUS PRAGER GROSCHEN
Most important medieval trade coin of Central Europe. Obv.: Crown.
Rev.: Two-tailed lion.
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BYZANTINE JUNK BOX Mixed bronzes of various diverse types and sizes, 491-1261 AD, all
individually identified. |
FRANCE: PHILIP II AUGUSTE, 1180-1223 From the time of the great commercial fairs. This silver denier
parisis is inscribed PHILIPS REX, with the letters FRA / NCO (for
Francorum) across the field.
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MONGOL CHINA
This enormous coin with bold Mongol script proves even the Great
Wall could not stop these intrepid horsemen.
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