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Thanks - you are not to know but I have been collecting scince 1960, oooops! it tell my age (old an crokerty) My passion is coins and the link to history + the dreams I have when I doze in a 'rocking chair' and dream whose hands and pockets has a specific coin been. The Hadrian Britanicus I dream of Hadrian speaking to the head of the Legion with the troops behind the heads of the Legion outside York as he gave instructions to build Hadrians Wall some 2'000 years ago.
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Great Rebellion coinage in Ireland
Ormonde Money of 1643-44 (Ireland) **Charles I, Ormonde Money, Half-crown, triangle between c r, 14.76g/3h . Charles I (1625-1649) ** Ormonde Money was issued in Ireland in the 1640s by the Duke of O… (View Post)7 -
La Giaconda the Mona Lisa of the First Century, from the Roman Empire.
**Untouched ‘Masterpiece’ ** Orichalcum (Brass) Sestertius, struck in Rome 37-41. 28.82 g. die axis 6.00. AGRIPPINA M F MAT C CAESARIS AVGVSTI This coin appeared on the cover of Giorgio Giacosa’s Wom… (View Post)7 -
The Great Migration to America from the UK - Coronation in Scotland of the English king, Charles I
An Artist’s View of London, AD 1633 CAROLVS AVGVSTISS : ET INVICTISS : MAG : BRIT : FRAN : ET HIB : MONARCHA AT VRBEM S : E : SOL ORBE M REDIENS SIC REX ILLVMIN During 1633, two significant events to… (View Post)1 -
The Earliest Dated British Coin Struck in the name of an English King - YOU AGREE ?
This Coin 1513 is of great historical interest as it pre-dates the earliest Edward VI 1552 dated coinage 1513 Groat “Non” portrait Type. Tournai mint. Obv. Crowned royal shield ; rev. Multiply barred… (View Post)5 -
LATEST NEWS: PLOTINA has new Provences!!
LATEST NEWS: PLOTINA has new Provences Bolsena Hoard 1896 Prospero Sarti Collection 1906 Martinetti & Nervegna Collection 1907 J. Pierpont Morgan Collection 1953 Purchased 2014 A TRULY REMARKABLE… (View Post)1
