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Historical Archive: Coins and Medals 840-present For non-monetary bracteates see Pendants in the object type index. This page is organized chronologically by ruler. M-G in captions below: Karl F. Morrison and Henry Grunthal, Carolingian coinage (New York: American Numismatic Society, 1967). Lothar I (840-55) silver denier, bust obverse: M-G 563, Prou 1049, CdM Lothar I (840-55) silver denier, temple reverse: M-G 563, Prou 1049, CdM Lothar I (840-55) silver denier, bust obverse: M-G 564, Prou 1050, CdM Lothar I (840-55) silver denier, temple reverse: M-G 564, Prou 1050, CdM Lothar I (840-55) silver denier (copy?), bust obverse: M-G 562, Prou 1048, CdM Lothar I (840-55) silver denier (copy?), temple reverse: M-G 562, Prou 1048, CdM Pippin I of Acquitaine (814-38) silver denier, bust obverse: M-G 597, ANS 69.119.1 Pippin I of Acquitaine (814-38) silver denier, temple reverse: M-G 597, ANS 69.119.1 Siegfred (894-98) silver penny, Danelaw Northumbria, Hermitage OH-З-116198 Leo VI the Wise copper follis, obverse, Constantinople 886-912, NBM lead token of St. Symeon Stylites the Younger, 10th-11th c. Syria, SMBByz 32/73, which has its own page al-Muqtadir bi-Ilah (Abbasid caliph 908-32), gold donation dinar 916-17, Hermitage OH-B-Aз-5153 Louis IV (936-54) or V (986-87) silver denier, bust obverse: M-G 1631, Prou 470, Chinon, CdM Ethelred II (978-1013, 1014-16) silver penny, obverse, Hermitage OH-З-112154. For same ruler's reverse see Hermitage Ethelred II (978-1013, 1014-16) silver penny, reverse, Hermitage OH-З-112134 gold coin of Constantine VII (nomisma histamenon), Constantinople 1025-28, DO BZC 1960.125.66 Romanus III Argyrus gold nomisma histamenon reverse, 1028-34, NBM gold coin of Constantine IX Monomachos (nomisma), Constantinople 1042-55, DO BZC 1948.17.2908 Empress Theodora (1055-56) gold histamenon, DO Romanus IV Diogenes and Eudocia gold nomisma histamenon, reverse, Constantinople 1068-71, NBM nomisma histamenon of Nikephoros III Botaneiates (1078–81), electrum, DO BZC Bolesław III Wrymouth (Krzywousty), denarius: St. Adalbert of Prague, Krakow 1133, MNW 115856 Bolesław III Wrymouth (Krzywousty), denarius: Bolesław with St. Adalbert of Prague, Krakow 1135, MNW 115854 silver bracteate of Frederick Barbarossa, Altenburg c.1170, SMBMünz 18201196 Margrave Otto I, bracteate, Brandenburg 1170-84, MNW NPO 3383 silver bracteate of Philipp von Schwaben, c.1200, SMBMünz 18207560 Novgorod grivny (money), silver, 13th c., Hermitage, back: OH-P-531; front: OH-P-1-557 grivny (money) of Novgorod, 13th-14th c., KremlinArch John I Komnenos-Doukas, coin reverse, Thessalonika 1237-42? NBM Tsar Stefan Uros V Dusan/Stefan the Feeble of Serbia, coin reverse 1355-71: helmet, NBM Despot Jovan Uglesha/Uglješa Mrjavčevic of Serbia, coin reverse 1365-71: helmet, NBM Volkašin/Vukasin Mrjavčevic of Serbia silver dinar obverse, 1368-71: Christ enthroned, NBM Volkašin/Vukasin Mrjavčevic of Serbia silver dinar reverse, 1368-71: inscription, NBM Vernicle (veil of Veronica), 15th c., copper alloy, MoL 88.9/18 Andrea Guacioloti, Pope Nicholas V in the ship Eclesia, cast bronze 1455, UMMA 1984/1.283 King Henry VI (Henry of Windsor, as saint?) on a ship, late 15th c., lead alloy (imitation gold coin), MoL 75.1/3 Maximilian I, silver 3 Guldiner, Antwerp 1517 (dated 1509), SMBMünz 18203549 Pope Clement VII de'Medici (d.1534), medal obverse, gilt bronze 1529-30: Giovanni Bernardi da Castelbolognese, UCh 1977.117 Pope Clement VII de'Medici (d.1534), medal reverse: Joseph reveals himself to his brothers, gilt bronze 1529-30. Giovanni Bernardi da Castelbolognese, UCh 1977.117 Apocalypse medal, Hans Reinhart the Elder 1539, silver, Pushkin Bec 54, 13r Woman clothed with the sun: silver Taler, Goslar 1542, SMBMünz 18202042 Catherine de' Medici (d.1589): Germain Pilon (1540-90), bronze medallion, Paris c.1575, Louvre MRR 313 plaque with medals and hair of Napoleon, silver/gilt/bronze, France 1840s, Hermitage UM-30876. For details see Hermitage. United States half eagle, gold, obverse, 1900, p.c. United States half eagle, gold, reverse, 1900, p.c. United States half eagle, gold, reverse det.: die marks, 1900, p.c. United States quarter eagle, gold, obverse, 1911, p.c. United States quarter eagle, gold, obverse, 1911, p.c. United States quarter eagle, gold, reverse, 1911, p.c. United States quarter eagle, gold, reverse, 1911, p.c. Ludwig Gies, Dance of Death 1917, bronze, SMBMünz 18209057 French 10 Franc coin honoring the Capetian millennium, obverse, 1987, p.c. French 10 Franc coin honoring the Capetian millennium, obverse, 1987, p.c. French 10 Franc coin honoring the Capetian millennium, reverse, 1987, p.c. Canadian gold million-dollar coin, obverse, 2007, SMBMünz. For other views see Berlin.