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Details for Coins and Medals

This department has 105,278 records attributed within our system.

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One of three modern coins:

One of four modern coins:

One of three modern coins:

One of four modern coins:

U.S.A., Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, subway token.

One of three Finnish medals: Edelfelt was one of Finland's most successful painters and his untimely death in 1905 caused much grief. The sculptor Ville Vallgren was also well known around 1900, and he is still remembered as a legendary bohemian. Both lived much of their lives in Paris. Vallgren made a number of medals, most of which are somewhat indifferent. The medal commemorating his old friend Edelfelt is an exception: it is surely one of the best Finnish medals of the early 20th century. On Vallgren see Forrer, Dictionary, VI, pp. 188–90.

Maker(s)

Maker: Vallgren, Ville

Verona, Henry III-V (1056-1125, struck c. 1150-c. 1164), AR/bill. denaro (cf. CNI VI, 260-1.1-13), 0.36g.

Maker(s)

Mint: Verona

Verona, Henry III-V (1056-1125, struck c. 1135-c. 1150), AR/bill. denaro (cf. CNI VI, 260-1.1-13), 0.38g.

Maker(s)

Mint: Verona

Indian Native States, Porbandar, anon 'Sri Rana, 19th cent, silver kori (Krause Mishler C38), 4.61g.

Henry II (1154-1189), Cross-and-Crosslets (‘Tealby’) silver cut farthing, class F (c.1175-1180), uncertain mint and moneyer, 0.25 g. Found at Knapwell, Cambridgeshire, c.2000.

Maker(s)

Ruler: Henry II (1154-89)

One of three Finnish medals: Edelfelt was one of Finland's most successful painters and his untimely death in 1905 caused much grief. The sculptor Ville Vallgren was also well known around 1900, and he is still remembered as a legendary bohemian. Both lived much of their lives in Paris. Vallgren made a number of medals, most of which are somewhat indifferent. The medal commemorating his old friend Edelfelt is an exception: it is surely one of the best Finnish medals of the early 20th century. On Vallgren see Forrer, Dictionary, VI, pp. 188–90.

Maker(s)

Maker: Aaltonen, Wäinö

One of three Finnish medals: Edelfelt was one of Finland's most successful painters and his untimely death in 1905 caused much grief. The sculptor Ville Vallgren was also well known around 1900, and he is still remembered as a legendary bohemian. Both lived much of their lives in Paris. Vallgren made a number of medals, most of which are somewhat indifferent. The medal commemorating his old friend Edelfelt is an exception: it is surely one of the best Finnish medals of the early 20th century. On Vallgren see Forrer, Dictionary, VI, pp. 188–90.

Maker(s)

Maker: Qvist, Gerda

One of two Cambridgeshire fruit pickers’ tickets:

One of two Cambridgeshire fruit pickers’ tickets:

One of four medieval Italian coins:

Maker(s)

Mint: Genoa
Ruler: Raffaele Adorno (1443-7)

One of four medieval Italian coins:

Maker(s)

Mint: Genoa
Ruler: Prospero Adorno (1461)

Verona, Henry III-V (1056-1125, struck c. 1150-c. 1164), AR/bill. denaro (cf. CNI VI, 260-1.1-13), 0.43g.

Maker(s)

Mint: Verona

One of four medieval Italian coins:

Maker(s)

Mint: Genoa
Ruler: Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1466-1476)

One of four medieval Italian coins:

Maker(s)

Mint: Savona

Mantua, Francesco II Gonzaga, Marchese IV of Mantua (1484-1519), bill. half-sesino (CNI IV, 263.23), 0.64g. From Auction 9, 15.5.2002, lot 665.

Maker(s)

Mint: Mantua
Ruler: Francesco II Gonzaga

Verona, Henry III-V (1056-1125, struck c. 1135-c. 1150), AR/bill. denaro (cf. CNI VI, 260-1.1-13), 0.35g.

Maker(s)

Mint: Verona

Alexandria, Hadrian (AD 117-38), ancient(?) cast in bronze of a billon tetradrachm, rev. Agathodaemon (Dattari 1547), 10.38g.

Maker(s)

Mint: Alexandria
Ruler: Hadrian (117-38)

One of five crusader coins:

Maker(s)

Mint: Sidon
Ruler: Gerard Grenier (1147-65)

Byzantine, Palaeologans, Michael VIII (1259-82), AE trachy, class 24, Constantinople (DOC V, 110-13), 1.61g.

Maker(s)

Mint: Constantinople
Ruler: Michael VIII (1259-1282)

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