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Medieval Coinage of Georgia: Power, Faith, and Empire in the Caucasus

By Mike Markowitz The medieval coinage of Georgia reflects a remarkable intersection of cultures, empires, and religious traditions. Located in the Caucasus region between Europe...

Serenissima: Medieval Coinage of Venice

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz ..... BETWEEN THE YEARS 1200 and 1600, a handful of feisty Italians created one of the greatest commercial...

Medieval Scottish Coinage

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ..... Flower of Scotland, when will we see your like again? That fought and died for your wee bit hill and...

Reading Medieval Coins

Why Medieval Coins Finally Get the Attention They Deserve The field of medieval numismatics has reached a turning point. Collectors now look at medieval coins...

Reconquista: Coins of Medieval Spain

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek “Despite an endless series of forays and several invasions intended to be permanent, the Muslims never succeeded in establishing a...

Medieval European Numismatics in the United States

By David Yoon for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ...... The International Congress on Medieval Studies has met every May at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo...

Coins of the Medieval Ottoman Sultans of Turkey

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ..... AT THE BEGINNING of the 14th century (c. 1300 CE), Anatolia (modern Türkiye) was a patchwork of “beyliks”, small,...

Gold Coinage in Pre-Meiji Japan

By David Yoon for American Numismatic Society (ANS) ...... The coinage of western Eurasia and its colonial explants featured, from the Archaic Aegean to the...

Last of His Line: Medieval Coins of Defunct Dynasties

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ..... History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and...

The Numismatic Callbacks of the Game of Thrones Coinage

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ..... With the successful recent premiere of HBO’s House of the Dragon--a prequel to George R.R. Martin’s A Song of...

Medieval Greek Coins After the Fourth Crusade

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ..... In 1204, Constantinople was sacked during the Fourth Crusade. Less than six months later, Enrico Dandolo, the Doge of...

“Gross” Medieval European Coins

By Michael T. Shutterly for CoinWeek .....   From the end of the eighth century into the 13th, Medieval European coins consisted primarily of small silver...

The Coins of Medieval Serbia

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek ..... The Balkans produce more history than they can consume. — Attributed to Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) THE SLAVS BEGAN migrating into...

Decoplata: The History of .720 Silver in World Coinage

By Austin Jepsky ..... Sometimes referred to as “Mexican Silver”, coins of a .720 silver fineness at one time or another could be found in...

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: The Coinage of Trebizond

By Mike Markowitz for CoinWeek .....   The coinage of Trebizond supplies an instance, not very rare in numismatics, of a currency of great abundance remaining...

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