In the Middle Ages, #minting#authorities often potrayed themselves with attruibutes signalling the social class. Here, Emperor Friedrich #Barbarossa (1152-90) with crown, lily #sceptre and #orb on a #bracteate from #Altenburg. Legend:+FRIEDERICVS IMPT. 0,86g and 33 mm
Prices on #medieval coins are running crazy high! On 3rd and 4th May, I bid on-line on 10-12 #medieval coins at Macho Chlapovic auctions in Slovakia. No chance to get anything. The zero interest rates really push prices on real estate, #antiquities and #coins up to the sky.
Medlemmar i #SNF eller i förening ansluten till #NNUM äger rätt att bjuda på SNF:s #Auktion 175 lördag 11 maj. 110 objekt (#mynt, #polletter och #medaljer) från Sven Svenssons samling.
#Auktionskatalog finns att ladda ner som PDF här: https://t.co/J2giQR0Fmd
#Numismatiker! Glöm nu inte att boka hotell i #Nyköping helgen 11-12 maj. #Årsmöte för SNF. På lördag #auktion med Sven Svensson-material. Föredrag på söndag om #myntningen i Nyköping. Program se länk:
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New price record for a Swedish coin from the Viking-Age / Middle Ages at Misab Auction 32, Lot 237, Anund Jakob (1022-50): 530 000 SEK + 18,75 % provision (99 375 SEK) = Total 629 375 SEK.
Former Security director at the Royal Coin Cabinet in Stockholm is prosecuted for thefts ($400 000). In the court in June, 2019.
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On Saturday, April 27, the largest annual Money Fair in Sweden takes place in Helsingborg, not far from Malmö and Copenhagen. #MünzenMesse#CoinMarket#MoneyFair
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@kneistonie On the pictures, you have mixed #bracteates#coins from Germany (12 and 13th centuries) with #jewelry bracteates from #Scandinavia (4th to 9th centuries).
#Renovatio#Monetae or #Periodic#recoinage means that old coins were declared invalid and had to be #exchanged for new ones at a priori fixed dates and exchange fees. In England this occurred every 6th year 973-1035 and every 2nd/3rd year 1035-1125. Here 3 types of #Aethelred II