15TH CENTURY Coins
Portuguese Cotrim: Rare Billon Coin of King Afonso V
Illustrated Specimen Details: Billon Cotrim Example Specimen: Cotrim, 1438-1481 (Kingdom of Portugal) Authority & Heraldry: This rare billon coin was issued under King Afonso V of Portugal, famously known as "the Afric…
Blanca Coin of Castile and León: Medieval Numismatics
Illustrated Specimen Details: Blanca Coin Example Specimen: Blanca, 1471-1474 (Crown of Castile) Historical Context: The Crown of Castile (1230-1715) was a medieval polity on the Iberian Peninsula formed by the union of the kin…
Ceitil Coins: Numismatics of Medieval Portugal
Illustrated Specimen Details: Ceitil Coin Example Specimen: Ceitil, 1481-1495 (Kingdom of Portugal) Historical Context: This coin was issued during the reign of King John II (João II), who ruled Portugal in 1477 and again from …
Obolo Coin: Italian Medieval Fractional Currency
Illustrated Specimen Details: Asti Obolo Example Specimen: Obolo, 15th century — City of Asti (Italy) Design & Inscriptions: This extremely rare hammered copper coin originates from Asti, a city and municipality in the Pied…
Mijt (Mite) — Smallest Copper Coin of the Low Countries
Illustrated Specimen Details: Burgundian Netherlands 2 Mijt Example Specimen: Copper 2 Mijt, struck from 1384 to 1404 (Burgundian Netherlands) Iconography & Origin: This copper 2 mijt (frequently written as "mite"…
Akçe: Silver Coin of the Ottoman Empire and Crimea
Illustrated Specimen Details: Akçe (Crimean Khanate) Example Specimen: Akçe, 1481 — Crimean Khanate (Mengli I Giray) Design & Historical Symbolism: This silver akçe was struck in 1481 (AH 886) during the reign of Mengli I G…
Asper Coin: History, Genoese Caffa, and Ottoman Legacy
Illustrated Specimen Details: Silver Asper (Genoese Colony of Caffa) Example Specimen: Silver Asper, ND — No Date (Issued until 1475) Design & Symbols: The obverse of this medieval silver piece bears the abbreviated Latin l…
Parvus Coin: Medieval Denomination of Central Europe
Illustrated Specimen Details: Silver Parvus (Sigismund of Luxembourg) Example Specimen: Parvus, 1387-1437 (No Date) Design & Heraldry: The obverse features a cross with four crowns positioned in each of the quadrants. The r…
Marchesino: The Silver Coin of the Marquisate of Ferrara
Illustrated Specimen Details: Marchesino Example Specimen: Niccolò III d'Este, 1393-1441 The specimen shown here is a silver marchesino issued under the authority of Niccolò III d'Este , who ruled the Marquisate of Ferr…
Livonian Schilling: coinage of Baltic and Hanseatic Trade
Illustrated Specimen Details: Livonian Schilling Example Specimen: Livonian Schilling, 1471-1483 — Livonian Order The coin shown above is a silver schilling issued during the tenure of Bernd von der Borch , the 39th Master of t…
Asprocastron coin: 15th c. Genoese-Moldavian Coinage
Illustrated Specimen Details: Asprocastron Example Specimen: 15th century — City of Moncastro (Principality of Moldavia) The coin shown above is a 15th-century silver specimen associated with the Genoese fortress of Moncastro (m…
Florette Coin: Charles VI & Hundred Years’ War
Illustrated Specimen Details: Florette Example Specimen: Florette, 1417-1421 — Kingdom of France (Charles VI) This billon coin was struck during the turbulent final years of the reign of Charles VI (known both as "the Belo…
Doppelvierer Coin: Rare 15th Century Silver of Basel
Illustrated Specimen Details: Doppelvierer Example Specimen: Doppelvierer, 15th century — City of Basel (Switzerland) This rare silver specimen represents the 15th-century coinage of the Free City of Basel. The obverse features …
Prague groschen: coin from Kingdom of Bohemia
PRAGUE GROSCHEN: COIN OF BOHEMIA Prague groschen, 1378-1419: Kingdom of Bohemia Bohemia — historical region, as well as the old name of the Czech state. Synonym — Czech Republic. Ruler: King of Bohemia Wenceslaus IV (1378-1419). WENCEZLAVS TERCIUS …
Tanka: coin from Sultanate of Jaunpur (India)
TANKA: COIN OF JAUNPUR (INDIA) Tanka, 1401-1441: Sultanate of Jaunpur Jaunpur Sultanate (Persian "سلطنت جونپور") — Muslim kingdom in northern India between 1394 and 1494. Nowadays Jaunpur is a city and a municipal board in Jaunpur distric…
Penyaz: coin (denar) from Grand Duchy of Lithuania
PENYAZ: COIN OF LITHUANIA Penyaz (denar), 1392-1430: Grand Duchy of Lithuania There is information about the production of coins of this type at two mints — the city of Lutsk (modern Ukraine) and Vilna (the modern capital of Lithuania — the city o…
Ducat: coin from Principality of Wallachia
DUCAT: COIN OF WALLACHIA Ducat, 1447-1456: Principality of Wallachia Ruler: Vladislav II (House of Dănești) — voivode (prince) of the Principality of Wallachia (from 1447 to 1448, and again from 1448 to 1456). The legend on the coin is written in B…
Teutonic schilling: coin from State of the Teutonic Order
TEUTONIC SCHILLING: COIN OF TEUTONS Teutonic schilling, 1422-1441: State of the Teutonic Order Ruler: Paul von Rusdorf — the 29th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights. MONETA DNORVM PRVC (Latin "Moneta Dominorum Prussiae"): coin of the r…
Quarting: coin from Kingdom of Hungary (1430-1437)
QUARTING: COIN OF HUNGARY Quarting, 1430-1437: Kingdom of Hungary Ruler: Sigismund of Luxembourg — King of Hungary and Croatia from 1387, King of Germany from 1410, King of Bohemia from 1419, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 until his death in 14…