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294 295 </div> 296 297 298 299 </div> 300 301 302 </div> 303</li> 304 305 <li id="featured-thread-350970" class="ctaFtBlockPage ctaFtBlockAvatarPage" data-author="Curtisimo"> 306 <span style="display: none"><a href="members/curtisimo.83845/" class="avatar Av83845m" data-avatarhtml="true"><img src="data/avatars/m/83/83845.jpg?1641177538" width="96" height="96" alt="Curtisimo" /></a></span> 307 308 <div class="sectionMain ctaFtContainerPage ctaFtBackgroundPage node_9"><span class="helper"></span> 309 310 311 312 <div class="hiddenResponsiveNarrow ctaFtAvatarPage"> 313 314 315 <a href="members/curtisimo.83845/" class="avatar Av83845m Tooltip" title="Curtisimo" data-avatarhtml="true"><span class="img m" style="background-image: url('data/avatars/m/83/83845.jpg?1641177538')">Curtisimo</span></a> 316 317 </div> 318 319 <div class="ctaFtThreadContentAvatarPage"> 320 321 <h3 class="ctaFtThreadTitlePage"> 322 <a href="threads/crusader-coin-showing-fascinating-medieval-armor.350970/" class="ctaFtThreadTitleLinkPage Tooltip" title="Crusader Coin Showing Fascinating Medieval Armor">Crusader Coin Showing Fascinating Medieval Armor</a> 323 </h3> 324 <div class="ctaFtThreadTextAvatarPage a.ctaFtThreadTextAvatarPage baseHtml">This is one of the gems I picked up recently from AMCC 2. I do not have very many medieval coins but I always enjoy the posts from our medieval specialists. This was a fun coin to research and I owe <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/56653/" class="username" data-user="56653, @seth77">@seth77</a> a big thanks for helping me better understand the way these are cataloged and providing me some suggestions for further reading.<br /> 325<br /> 326 327 328 <img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/bohemond_iii_denier_ad_1163-1188_csh-jpg.1031027/" alt="Bohemond_III_Denier_AD_1163-1188_CSH.jpg" class="bbCodeImage LbImage" /> 329 330<br /> 331<span style="font-size: 12px">Crusader Antioch<br /> 332Bohemond III (Minority 1149-1163, Majority 1163-1201)<br /> 333AR Denier, Antioch mint, struck ca. 1163-1188<br /> 334Wt.: 1.06 g<br /> 335Dia.: 17 mm<br /> 336Obv.: +BOAHVHDVS; Helmeted head left marked with cross pattee, coif mail composed of crescents, five pointed star right, crescent left.<br /> 337Rev.: +ANTIOCNIA; cross pattee, with crescent pointing downward in second angle.<br /> 338Ref.: Malloy 65/Class A to B cf. Metcalf<br /> 339Ex AMCC 2, Lot 289 (Nov. 9, 2019)</span><br /> 340<br /> 341<span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: #404040"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><b>Some Notes on the Coins of Antioch</b></span></span></span><br /> 342Antioch was captured by the crusaders in AD 1098 under the leadership of...</div> 343 </div> 344 345 <div class="ctaFtFooterPage"> 346 347 348 349 350 <span class="ctaFtAuthorPage"><a href="members/curtisimo.83845/" class="username" dir="auto">Curtisimo</a></span> 351 352 353 354 <span class="ctaFtDatePage"><span class="DateTime" title="Dec 1, 2019 at 3:47 PM">Dec 1, 2019</span></span> 355 356 357 358 359 <a class="ctaFtReadMoreLinkPage" href="threads/crusader-coin-showing-fascinating-medieval-armor.350970/">Read More</a> 360 361 362 <span class="ctaFtRepliesPage">Replies: 54</span> 363 364 365 366 367 </div> 368 369 370 371 <div class="ctaFtSharePage"> 372 373 374 <div class="ctaFtShareControlsPage ctaFtTwitterPage"> 375 <a href="https://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" 376 data-count="horizontal" 377 data-lang="en-US" 378 data-url="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/crusader-coin-showing-fascinating-medieval-armor.350970/" 379 data-text="Crusader Coin Showing Fascinating Medieval Armor" 380 381 >Tweet</a> 382 </div> 383 384 385 <div class="ctaFtShareControlsPage ctaFtGooglePage"> 386 <div class="g-plusone" data-size="medium" data-count="true" data-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/crusader-coin-showing-fascinating-medieval-armor.350970/"></div> 387 </div> 388 389 390 <div class="ctaFtShareControlsPage ctaFtFacebookPage"> 391 392 <fb:like href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/crusader-coin-showing-fascinating-medieval-armor.350970/" layout="button_count" action="like" font="trebuchet ms" colorscheme="light"></fb:like>
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411 412 </div> 413 414 415 416 </div> 417 418 419 </div> 420</li> 421 422 <li id="featured-thread-423750" class="ctaFtBlockPage ctaFtBlockAvatarPage" data-author="Blake Davis"> 423 <span style="display: none"><a href="members/blake-davis.91820/" class="avatar Av91820m" data-avatarhtml="true"><img src="data/avatars/m/91/91820.jpg?1516401426" width="96" height="96" alt="Blake Davis" /></a></span> 424 425 <div class="sectionMain ctaFtContainerPage ctaFtBackgroundPage node_9"><span class="helper"></span> 426 427 428 429 <div class="hiddenResponsiveNarrow ctaFtAvatarPage"> 430 431 432 <a href="members/blake-davis.91820/" class="avatar Av91820m Tooltip" title="Blake Davis" data-avatarhtml="true"><span class="img m" style="background-image: url('data/avatars/m/91/91820.jpg?1516401426')">Blake Davis</span></a> 433 434 </div> 435 436 <div class="ctaFtThreadContentAvatarPage"> 437 438 <h3 class="ctaFtThreadTitlePage"> 439 <a href="threads/large-bronzes-a-love-story.423750/" class="ctaFtThreadTitleLinkPage Tooltip" title="LARGE BRONZES - A LOVE STORY">LARGE BRONZES - A LOVE STORY</a> 440 </h3> 441 <div class="ctaFtThreadTextAvatarPage a.ctaFtThreadTextAvatarPage baseHtml">About four of five years after after starting my experience with ancient coins, my collecting interest became fixated on large bronzes - imperial sestertii - and that and only that has been my interest ever since - not silver, not gold not anything but large bronzes and more particularly sestertii. Lots of reasons - the beauty of the coins, especially the gem like quality of the metal, the fact that it is possible to find bargains since bronzes are so difficult to photograph, as well as the feel of the coins, in any event despite <b>many</b> feeble attempts in other directions this is and has been since about 2003 my one and only focus - a 23 year infatuation that only another collector can understand. <br /> 442<br /> 443 Imperial sestertii were stuck in a metal called orichalcum - á½ÏείÏÎ±Î»ÎºÎ¿Ï - containing tin, copper, traces of lead, it is a brass alloy meant to look like gold. The coins that are of interest were struck from Augustus to Gallienus/Postumus, with one small coin struck by...</div> 444 </div> 445 446 <div class="ctaFtFooterPage"> 447 448 449 450 451 <span class="ctaFtAuthorPage"><a href="members/blake-davis.91820/" class="username" dir="auto">Blake Davis</a></span> 452 453 454 455 <span class="ctaFtDatePage"><span class="DateTime" title="Sep 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM">Sep 6, 2026</span></span> 456 457 458 459 460 <a class="ctaFtReadMoreLinkPage" href="threads/large-bronzes-a-love-story.423750/">Read More</a> 461 462 463 <span class="ctaFtRepliesPage">Replies: 6</span> 464 465 466 467 468 </div> 469 470 471 472 <div class="ctaFtSharePage"> 473 474 475 <div class="ctaFtShareControlsPage ctaFtTwitterPage"> 476 <a href="https://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" 477 data-count="horizontal" 478 data-lang="en-US" 479 data-url="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/large-bronzes-a-love-story.423750/" 480 data-text="LARGE BRONZES - A LOVE STORY" 481 482 >Tweet</a> 483 </div> 484 485 486 <div class="ctaFtShareControlsPage ctaFtGooglePage"> 487 <div class="g-plusone" data-size="medium" data-count="true" data-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/large-bronzes-a-love-story.423750/"></div> 488 </div> 489 490 491 <div class="ctaFtShareControlsPage ctaFtFacebookPage"> 492 493 <fb:like href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/large-bronzes-a-love-story.423750/" layout="button_count" action="like" font="trebuchet ms" colorscheme="light"></fb:like> 494 </div> 495 496 497 <div class="ctaFtShareControlsPage ctaFtAddThisPage"> 498 <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" 499 addthis:url="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/large-bronzes-a-love-story.423750/" 500 addthis:title="LARGE BRONZES - A LOVE STORY"> 501 <a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a> 502 </div> 503
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512 513 </div> 514 515 516 517 </div> 518 519 520 </div> 521</li> 522 523 <li id="featured-thread-423718" class="ctaFtBlockPage ctaFtBlockAvatarPage" data-author="Chris B"> 524 <span style="display: none"><a href="members/chris-b.87179/" class="avatar Av87179m" data-avatarhtml="true"><img src="data/avatars/m/87/87179.jpg?1609015848" width="96" height="96" alt="Chris B" /></a></span> 525 526 <div class="sectionMain ctaFtContainerPage ctaFtBackgroundPage node_11"><span class="helper"></span> 527 528 529 530 <div class="hiddenResponsiveNarrow ctaFtAvatarPage"> 531 532 533 <a href="members/chris-b.87179/" class="avatar Av87179m Tooltip" title="Chris B" data-avatarhtml="true"><span class="img m" style="background-image: url('data/avatars/m/87/87179.jpg?1609015848')">Chris B</span></a> 534 535 </div> 536 537 <div class="ctaFtThreadContentAvatarPage"> 538 539 <h3 class="ctaFtThreadTitlePage"> 540 <a href="threads/a-history-of-japanese-koban-coins.423718/" class="ctaFtThreadTitleLinkPage Tooltip" title="A History of Japanese Koban Coins">A History of Japanese Koban Coins</a> 541 </h3> 542 <div class="ctaFtThreadTextAvatarPage a.ctaFtThreadTextAvatarPage baseHtml"><i>Gold, government authority, and monetary change in early modern Japan</i><br /> 543<br /> 544A recent addition to my collection is this Japanese Koban. Minted in the 1837-1858 range, these are impressive large gold pieces. This has been a type long on my want list. This type is generally much more attainable to the average collector than the earlier pieces.<br /> 545<br /> 546 547 548 <img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/jap183705-jpg.1725205/" alt="Jap183705.jpg" class="bbCodeImage LbImage" /> 549 550<br /> 551<br /> 552<span style="font-size: 22px"><b>Origins and Form</b></span><br /> 553The <i>koban</i> (å°å¤, âsmall ovalâ) was an oval gold coin used chiefly during Japanâs Edo period (1603â1867). Its immediate background lay in the large <i>Åban</i> gold pieces produced in the late sixteenth century. Unlike those high-value pieces, which often served as ceremonial gifts or instruments of elite exchange, the smaller koban was intended for broader monetary use. The first major issue, the KeichÅ koban, appeared under Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1601 as part of an effort to create a more unified national currency.<br /> 554<br /> 555A koban was valued by count rather than weighed during...</div> 556 </div> 557 558 <div class="ctaFtFooterPage"> 559 560 561 562 563 <span class="ctaFtAuthorPage"><a href="members/chris-b.87179/" class="username" dir="auto">Chris B</a></span> 564 565 566 567 <span class="ctaFtDatePage"><span class="DateTime" title="Sep 3, 2026 at 7:24 PM">Sep 3, 2026</span></span> 568 569 570 571 572 <a class="ctaFtReadMoreLinkPage" href="threads/a-history-of-japanese-koban-coins.423718/">Read More</a> 573 574 575 <span class="ctaFtRepliesPage">Replies: 11</span> 576 577 578 579 580 </div> 581 582 583 584 <div class="ctaFtSharePage"> 585 586 587 <div class="ctaFtShareControlsPage ctaFtTwitterPage"> 588 <a href="https://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" 589 data-count="horizontal" 590 data-lang="en-US" 591 data-url="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-history-of-japanese-koban-coins.423718/" 592 data-text="A History of Japanese Koban Coins" 593 594 >Tweet</a> 595 </div> 596 597 598 <div class="ctaFtShareControlsPage ctaFtGooglePage"> 599 <div class="g-plusone" data-size="medium" data-count="true" data-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-history-of-japanese-koban-coins.423718/"></div> 600 </div> 601 602 603 <div class="ctaFtShareControlsPage ctaFtFacebookPage"> 604 605 <fb:like href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-history-of-japanese-koban-coins.423718/" layout="button_count" action="like" font="trebuchet ms" colorscheme="light"></fb:like> 606 </div> 607 608 609 <div class="ctaFtShareControlsPage ctaFtAddThisPage"> 610 <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" 611 addthis:url="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-history-of-japanese-koban-coins.423718/" 612 addthis:title="A History of Japanese Koban Coins"> 613 <a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a> 614 </div> 615
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