- by the soldiers, and to the general. This
crown is
known also as the "
obsidional crown" [siege crown], from the cir****stance of a
beleaguered army being...
-
Charles I:
silver half
crowns were issued,
including those struck as
obsidional money,
money of
necessity during the
Civil War period.
Commonwealth of...
-
Siege money or
money of
necessity is a form of
notgeld (emergency money) that was
issued in
times of war or invasion, such as
during a siege. In the early...
- once ****ociated with the
siege of 871–872.
Month dates are
common on
obsidional coins, but the
style of the
coins better fits the 11th century. They probably...
- the
renegade prince of the
Persian royal house,
Hormisdas (or Hormizd).
Obsidional crowns were
conferred on the
bravest of the troops, in
accordance with...
-
Malispini and Villani, the
Emperor Frederick II, as King of Sicily,
issued obsidional leather currency during his
siege of ****za in 1241–2, to pay his troops...
