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In the London Museum medieval catalogue, Ward-Perkins dates similar chapes to the late 15th or 16th century. He suggests that metal dagger chapes were only used on the sheaths of military daggers or the more elaborate forms of civilian dagger. The great majority of surviving leather sheaths belonged to ordinary knives or knife-daggers and these have no metal terminal.AS110892. bronze scabbard chape, 54.2mm long, 15th - 16th century; hollow shield shaped, curved sides converging at the base, a solid rounded knob terminal, curved upper edge with a raised lip on the front, rectangular opening on the back;
Kingdom of Mallorca, Sancho de Mallorca, 1311 - 1324
The Kingdom of Majorca (1231 - 1715) was created by James I of Aragon following his conquest of the Balearic Islands and the surrender of sovereignty by the Muslim rulers 1231. It was ruled in conjunction with the Crown of Aragon until his death when it passed to a younger son, James II, who ruled the kingdom as nominal vassal of the Aragonese Crown. James II's son, Sancho, called the Peaceful, was King of Majorca, Count of Roussillon and Cerdanya, and Lord of Montpellier from 1311 to his death in 1324. In 1344, the kingdom was again united with the Crown of Aragon. It subsequently formed an administrative kingdom within the Crown of Spain until the Nueva Planta Decrees abolished the division in 1715.ME92741. Billon dobler, Crusafont 1992 547, Burgos 1388, VF, small edge split, holed, weight 1.484 g, maximum diameter 20.9 mm, die axis 180o, Palma mint, 1311 - 1324; obverse + REX MAIORICAR (King of Majorca), crowned bust facing, star right and left; reverse + SACIUS DEI GRA ( Sancho I by the grace of God), Latin cross, the base dividing the legend; ex York Coins;
Spain, Alfonso XIII, 1886 - 1931, 20 Pesetas, 1896 (1962) Official Restrike
Restruck by the Spanish Mint in 1962 using original 1896 dies.SH86345. Gold 20 Pesetas, SCWC KM 709, Friedberg 348R, UNC, weight 6.449 g, maximum diameter 21.2 mm, die axis 180o, Madrid mint, 1896 (1962) official restrike; obverse ALFONSO XIII POR LA G. DE DIOS (by the grace of God), bare-headed young boy's head right, *1896*, the tiny six-pointed star on left of date marked with incuse 19, and on right 62, tiny BM under bust; reverse REY CONSTL. DE ESPAÑA (Constitutional King of Spain), coat of arms of Spain, 20 PESETAS below, date flanked by tiny MP on left an M on right; SOLD
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