I recently added a number of
medieval Hungarian coins to my
gallery. The first of them, and the only significant acquisition, is a denar issued by Venzel/Wenceslaus Premyslid (1301-1305), a failed contender for the throne, who issued only a handful of
types, none of which are common:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-152593The information on the dealer's
flip indicates that, three dealers ago, the coin was lot 972 in Alex J.
Malloy's March [?] 1984
catalog, from the St. George Tucker
Collection.
Henry St. George Tucker (1853-1932) was quite prominent (
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000399), and I aspire to access the
Malloy auction catalog in the
hope that it indicates whether
Henry was the collector, or whether the collector was just a namesake (perhaps
his son or grandson), or other relative. I will be making another post asking for assistance locating and accessing this
catalog.
The remaining seven
new coins are all parvii (I think that is the correct plural for parvus) issued by Sigismund/Zsigmund of Luxembourg (1387-1437; Holy
Roman Emperor 1433-1437). These are small, generally poorly-struck coins, and the designs on them leave a lot to be desired. They differ only in respect to the
mintmarks. The first few bear recorded
mintmarks:
1. An
monogram to the left of the S over the
shield, indicating that the moneyer was Ulrich Kamerer (
per Pohl):
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-1526762. A
star to the right of the S over the
shield, indicating that the coin was minted at Nagybánya, now Baia Mare,
Romania (
per Pohl):
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-1526773. A letter n in the upper
cross arms on the
reverse, also indicating that the coin was minted at Nagybánya, now Baia Mare,
Romania (
per Pohl):
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-1527384. A letter I in the upper
cross arms on the
reverse, the meaning of which is not known:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-152737If I am interpreting one of the coins correctly, it also bears a recorded
mintmark. I am not 100% positive that the mark on the coin is a match with those depicted in
Pohl (and
Unger). Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated:
5. The letter m to the left of the S over the
shield and what appears to be a
stylized numeral 4 to the right of the S, indicating that the moneyer was Markus (possibly Armbauer) of Nürnberg and that the coin was minted in 1404-1405 (
per Pohl):
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-152678The final two coins bear
mint marks that are not recorded by
Pohl (and
Unger). If there are any published articles discussing these marks, I would love to know about them:
6. A symbol, which appears to be the Greek letter π, in the lower
cross arms on the
reverse:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-1527397. A pellet in the upper
cross arms on the
reverse (although, given the symmetrical design of the
reverse and the pellet, it could also be described as in the lower
cross arms):
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-152736Thanks for looking. All of these, as well as a few additional
medieval Hungarian coins, some miscellaneous other
medieval coins, and a few ancient
Greek coins, were all acquired at the
New York International Numismatic Convention earlier this month.
Stkp