dave-lowe Posted October 25, 2014 Posted October 25, 2014 I bought this fairly recently from a well known auction site. The seller said it was found in Wiltshire. It's the first hammered gold coin I have owned, and I've been collecting over 30 years! Naturally, I was interested because the coin isn't English. At first, I thought it might be French or Italian, but I have seen pictures of so many similar ones. I think it might be from one of the German states. Can anyone identify it? - I suppose it dates from around the 15th Century. Quote
davidrj Posted October 25, 2014 Posted October 25, 2014 Interesting the obverse suggests Venice, but the reverse looks very like a Portuguee quinas (five shields each containing five coins, with castles in each quarterhere's a copper example 1438-1481 Portugal, Alfonso V Ceitil Quote
davidrj Posted October 26, 2014 Posted October 26, 2014 oops! here's a copper example 1438-1481 Portugal, Alfonso V Ceitil Quote
JPK Posted October 26, 2014 Posted October 26, 2014 Reminds me of a goldguldenSomething lie this http://www.ma-shops.com/hanseaten/item.php5?id=141010002〈=en Quote
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