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The E-Sylum: Volume 26, Number 17, April 23, 2023, Article 27

THE HISTORY OF SIEGE COINS

Mike Markowitz published an article on the history of siege coins for CoinWeek. Here are a couple of coins that caught my eye. See the complete article online. -Editor

THE LATIN WORD for siege is obsidium, so numismatists use the term obsidional to describe emergency coins improvised by authorities in cities under siege. Cut off from normal monetary circulation, these towns needed to pay the troops manning the walls, as they struggled to maintain normal commercial activity. Siege coins are highly collectible pieces of the past, although they present many challenges to collectors.

Sack of Rome

  Papal_Clement_VII_AR_Ducat
Papal States. Clement VII (Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici). 1523-1534. AR ducato ossidionale (38 mm, 35.95 g, 2 h). VAuctions, Triskeles Sale 31, 27 March 2020, Lot: 583, realized: Unsold.

Vienna 1529

  1529_Vienna_Ducat
AUSTRIA. Klippe Ducat, 1529. Vienna Mint. Ferdinand I (1521-1564). Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio), August 2018 ANA Auction, 14 August 2018, Lot: 20163, realized: $3,200.

To read the complete article, see:
Emergency Money: A Short History of Siege Coins (https://coinweek.com/emergency-money-a-short-history-of-siege-coins/)

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