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AUSTRIA/County of Tyrol/Leopold V 1626-1632


 AR 10 Kreuzer 28 mm, 3.85 g, mint of Hall in Austrian Tyrol 1632

KM 589

MT 479

O: Armored portrait of Leopold V. of Habsburg, value below, date in front of the bust.  LEOPOLDVS D G ARC D AVSTRI (10) in right field 1632

R: Crowned coat-of-arms with Hungary, Bohemia, Austria and Tyrol, at bottom ancient Austria, surrounded by the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece. DVX BVRGVND COMES TYROL

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ROMAN/Honorius CE 393-423


 AE 4   11 mm, 0.92 g, 6h, Roma mint c. CE 410-423

RCV 21048

O:  diad drap bust r [DN]HONOR[IVS PF AVG]

R: Victory adv l holding wreath and palm, P in field [VICTORIA AVGG] in ex [RM].


ex: W. Esty

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EU Coinage/Vatican City; Pope Francis CE 2013- date

One Euro Cent, 2016 Roma Mint, issued only in sets of which there were 70,000 issued in 2016

Leuchtterm LVA-K1.5

purchased this example as a singleton at a shop at the Vatican. No Vatican Euro coins were available in change despite having read that 50 Euro cent examples could be had in change from some shops, we could not find examples of this during a short visit. 

Main entrance as it appeared on 3 October 2024 just before some torrential rains dropped perhaps 2 cm of rain on Roma over the next few hours. 
 

ROMAN/DECENTIUS as Caesar CE 350-353

 

AE Centenionalis, 22 mm, 5.1 g, 6h, Roma mint c. CE 350-351

RIC VIII 219

O: bare headed and cuir bust r. Γ behind head. MAG DECENTI-VS NOB CAES

R: VICT DD NN AVG ET CAES two victories supporting wreath inscribed VOT/V/MVLT/X in ex. RS

 

Ex: Warren Esty

Ex: London Ancient Coins (UK) Auction E (08.08.2013) lot 277