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Found in my inbox: The Ninth International Symposium in Early Medieval Coinage will be held on Saturday 20th April 2024, in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic (ASNC), at the Faculty of English, 9 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DP. Among others, the speakers include Rory Naismith, Gareth Williams and John Hines. If you are interested in attending or speaking, please contact t.abramson@ntlworld.com. Spaces are limited, so don’t delay! The symposium is free other than a £20 fee, on entry, to cover refreshments and buffet lunch. As usual, we will meet in Cambridge on Friday evening to socialise over a pizza dinner. This is a great opportunity for specialists, collectors and detectorists to meet and I look forward to seeing you. Best regards, Tony. Website: www.anglo-saxon-coinage.co.uk

Indeed! FYI: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2016/02/24/dna-from-earliest-muslim-graves-in-france-reveals-north-african-origins/

To be sure: you know the online publications from Richard Kelleher? Like this one about the coins from Edward III: https://www.academia.edu/8734408/Kings_and_Coins_in_Medieval_England_Edward_III And: https://www.academia.edu/7765508/Kings_and_Coins_in_Medieval_England_VIII_Short_Cross_part_2

Many thanks, I didn't know that. Great!

Wow! Good to know! Of course, if you don't want it shared I'll remove the post. 👍🏻👍🏻

Found another great online book! http://www.dirtyoldbooks.com/CC/The-Complete-Coinage-of-Severus-Alexander.html

Hi all, maybe it's nice to share your latest medieval coin acquisition and tell why you bought it? Below is a coin I won last week in the Heritage Auctions Europe auction. Description: Utrecht Bisdom (1010-1528) - Hendrik van Vianden (1250-1267) - Denier or Penning ND Utrecht (vdCh. 9.12-14) – 0.48 g. – Obv. Bishop with crozier and bible (+)HENR(ICVS) / Rev. Forked cross +H(-)V(---)IERN instead of +TRAIECTVM Interesting variant! - ex-Berkman - collection Coenen Beside the interesting reverse text, I wanted it because of the pointing vinger of the bisshop! See also:

Great to hear, thanks! Indeed these are very interesting coin types! Indeed Utrecht is a probable production place of the sceattas. 👍🏻👍🏻

Very nice! I also like the Star Trek items, but that's of topic. 😉 Perhaps helpful is also this below overview. There's much to learn about the sceattas. It's unsure if they are also produced in The Netherlands and if so, where exactly. One of the researchers is looking into the Wodan-sceatta type. For those who has Facebook, I created some years ago this group about medieval coins with 4.100 members - including many specialists from different countries. https://www.facebook.com/groups/853231181422839/

Congratulations!! Wow, I realy had no idea about the background of this forum. I joined about half a year ago and thought I had overlooked this forum somehow: it seemed like it existed for years! Great content, many posts and nice people. I realy like the look and feel of this forum, many compliments to you @Restitutor!! 👌🏻 I now understand some of you came from another forum. Perhaps it's an idea to look at some old content that has been created that is worth sharing here? Just an idea as I'm always eager to learn more about medieval and ancient coins. ☺️ I hope this forum will keep it's high quality in both knowledge and friendlyness for many years to come! Best wishes from The Netherlands!

That's great (and indeed a nice coin!)! If possible, I'd be happy if you could share these pages. 😊👍🏻👍🏻

Great coin! I don't think they are banker marks as coins from the republic period are used to pay soldiers in the Rhine army. Often these coins bare these marks (also different letters and symbols). As bankers, moneyers and salesmen are not involved with the payment of the wages (or exhances and taxes), it must be the army treasury that's involved with these marks (this was highly regulated). I think most likely to validate these coins as salary. Next year I want to write an article about this topic, but now I'm too busy with other topics..

I'm not sure, but this link describes it as a branch instead of flower: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/142609/denarius-coin-depicting-king-ancus-marcius.

This is great Donna, many thanks! Interesting to read about the augurship and the lituus. But is the lituus a wand, an instrument or both? I wonder if the 'flower' might instead be a branch, pointing out the ancestral lineage of the gens Marcia. That seems more logical don't you think?

Thank you all! I have also one great addition for online publications: https://sites.google.com/site/digitallibrarynumis/. Enjoy!

Hi all, on my wish list is this great denarius from L. Marcius Philippus (RRC 425/1), from 56 BC. Frontside: Head of Ancus Marcius, right, wearing diadem. | ANCVS Backside: Aqueduct, on which stands equestrian statue; at horse's feet, flower. | PHILIPPVS AQVAM͡A͡R It seems the coin type is not rare at all. I'm curious about any background information: could anyone share some light on the purpose of the coin production, etc.? It seems Ancus Marcius was a Roman king from the 7th century BC (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancus_Marcius) and the aquaduct was the Aqua Marcia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_Marcia). The aquaduct was built by the praetor Quintus Marcius Rex. So I guess L. Marcius Philippus commemorates with the coin type his great ancestors on both front- and backside. Any additional remarks? And please share your aquaduct coins and additional stories! These are great architectural works don't you think? (image source: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10437060k)

Hi all, Maybe this is shared before on this forum and if so I'm sorry. I thought it would be helpful to share online available reference sites for identifying coins and/or for looking them up when a reference is mentioned in an auction, etc. Please add any other site or online publication/PDF that I missed, many thanks! 1. https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/ (COINAGE PAGES OF ROMAN EMPERORS AND THEIR FAMILIES) 2. https://numismatics.org/crro/?lang=en (Coinage of the Roman Republic Online) 3. https://numismatics.org/ocre/?lang=en (Online Coins of the Roman Empire) 4. https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/ (Roman Provincial Coinage online) 5. https://andrewmccabe.ancients.info/RRAuctions.html (Roman Republican Coins and Books by Andrew McCabe) 6. http://davy.potdevin.free.fr/Site/crawford1.html (Crafword online) 7. http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ (Ancient Roman and Greek Coins: Educational pages) 8. http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/coins-ric.htm (HELVETICA'S IDENTIFICATION HELP PAGE) PS: I'm looking myself for the PDFs of the three RBW auction catalogues. I found at least these: https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/36314514/the-rbw-collection-of-roman-republican-coins-numismatica-ars- https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/48252340/the-rbw-collection-of-roman-republican-coins-part-ii

I have the books of Woytek, let me know if any help is (still) needed.

I wish my budget was a bit higher..! (currently in auction: https://www.biddr.com/auctions/nac/browse?a=3461&l=3983477)

That's a wonderful collection, thanks for sharing! Plus thanks for the book tips, that's really helpful.

Oh yes, that one is definitely on my wish list, thanks! I think you'd like: https://www.timetravelrome.com/2019/05/21/romes-great-lost-columns-seen-on-coins/ and https://www.nationalgeographic.com/trajan-column/index.html.

Many thanks Shanxi! This one is also informative: https://www.academia.edu/80229265/MYTHOLOGY_FROM_ANCIENT_COINS_2022.

Many thanks David! And indeed a wonderful lighthouse. Did you know this site? https://ancientcoinage.org/lighthouses-of-alexandria.html

Hi all, I have an interest in monuments on ancient coins and was wondering if anyone has this book: https://www.academia.edu/10540330/N_T_Elkins_Monuments_in_Miniature_Architecture_on_Roman_Coinage_Numismatic_Studies_29_New_York_American_Numismatic_Society_2015. Is this a good one for identifying these kind of coins? Please share any online publications about this great topic and share your proud possessions (no spous pictures, only coins please)!

PS: Found this nice overview: https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/anonymous/t.html