Neat Early Dated Silver Coin
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It's already sold, but I figured some here would appreciate it.
LOWLANDS Zeeland & Limburg Marie de Bourgogne 1477-1482
AR Double Briquet 27mm 2.85g.
Brabant or Flanders mint? Dated 1478 (Early Dated coinage)
+MARIA: DEI: G': DVCISS': BG': BR: Z:LIB
Lions seated vis á vis; briquet above.
SALW: FAC: PRLM. TW. DNE. A. : 1478
Crowned arms surmounting cross fleuronée.
Frey 185 var. (legends for Brabant); v. d. Chis pl. XVIII, 3-4 VF
Choice old collection toning. Scarce variety. Excellent example with Gothic style '4' and '7' with a true 'Arabic' appearance.
LOWLANDS Zeeland & Limburg Marie de Bourgogne 1477-1482
AR Double Briquet 27mm 2.85g.
Brabant or Flanders mint? Dated 1478 (Early Dated coinage)
+MARIA: DEI: G': DVCISS': BG': BR: Z:LIB
Lions seated vis á vis; briquet above.
SALW: FAC: PRLM. TW. DNE. A. : 1478
Crowned arms surmounting cross fleuronée.
Frey 185 var. (legends for Brabant); v. d. Chis pl. XVIII, 3-4 VF
Choice old collection toning. Scarce variety. Excellent example with Gothic style '4' and '7' with a true 'Arabic' appearance.
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BTW, that is one fine-looking coin you've got there.
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Bought from the King himself......Josh.
Nice coin BTW Josh.
( of course being Dutch I could say nothing else )
Great coin Josh.
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"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5
"For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
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I think the coin Marcel is talking about is his "Mouton d'or" which would not be dated. Based upon his response I assume it was a Brabant - Jeanne and Wenceslas 1355-1383. "I thought it was a French Jon Le'bon"
And it is a very nice coin !!!! and he bought it from Josh (remember the thread when he was on TV )!!!
I've got one at home with a readable date from the reign of Vijayasena. I don't remember the exact date off the top of my head, but it's somewhere in the 240's AD. It's got a bust of Vijayasena on the front with the date, and an image on the back.
Dates are in the Saka Era (year 1 is ~78 AD), and the dates are written in Brahmi numerals, which later evolved into the Arabic system we're familiar with, but they're honest to goodness dates that aren't difficult to read. I believe these are the earliest dated coins.
They're silver coins, and are readily available for something on the order of $20.
Nice coin josh!
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