Silver Moon of the Lannisters, Casterly Rock
This coin hails from the days before Aegon’s Conquest, over three hundred years before the times of Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon. In that time the Lannisters of Casterly Rock had their own kings. The Lannisters had been King of the Rock ever since Lann the Clever had deftly maneuvered the Casterlys out of their...
The Silver Stag of King Aegon Targaryen I
This small silver “stag” piece is from the mythical realm of Westeros shortly after the unification of that land by the event known historically as Aegons Conquest. This particular piece is struck in appx. 3.2 grammes of pure silver (.999 fine), about 21mm in diameter, done in the “high art” style with fine engraving and...
A Brothel Token from “The Peach”
This silver token is from an establishment called The Peach in Stoney Sept Westeros, the scene of the mythological events taking place in the series of novels by author George R.R. Martin. Establishments of this sort were frequented by the short-statured Tyrion Lannister, a major character in the novels, and in light of this such...
The Silver Stag of Winterfell
This silver piece is of the size and weight that is known as a “Stag”. It dates from some three hundred years before Aegon’s conquest, when Westeros consisted of seven independant kingdoms. The last ruler of the independant North Kingdom was Torrhen Stark, whose castle at Winterfell features heavily in the book A Game of Thrones....
The Silver Stag of Aerys II Targaryen
This silver “Stag” dates from the reign of Aerys II, the “Mad-King” and last of the Targaryen rulers of Westeros. The reverse side of the coin features a simple stag, graphically representing the denomination, and the mintmark “OT” for Old Town. On obverse Aerys is shown holding a boar-speak and pot of “wildfire”. He was widely...
The Silver Kraken of Balon Greyjoy
This silver “Stag” dates from shortly after the death of Robert Baratheon. Balon Greyjoy declares himself Lord of the Iron Islands and ostentatiously does so by quickly issuing coins showing himself wearing a crown, openly defying the rule of King Joffrey Baratheon (whom we know to be the cuckold of Robert by Jaime Lannister). The...
The Silver Pfennig (half-stag) of Eddard Stark
Lord Eddard Stark is one of the characters we meet at the very beginning of the A Song of Ice and Fire saga. Eddard (or “Ned” as his friends call him) is the current Warden of the North and Lord of Winterfell as the story opens. Here he has issued coinage in his own name as...
The Camelot coinage of King Arthur
Here is a fantasy coin from the realm of King Arthur! It is about 19mm in diameter, and weighs bout 2.4 grams of .900 fine silver. While contemporary tales and films tend to place King Arthur in the 10th to 12th centuries, historians tell us that the real historic King Arthur lived much...
The VINLAND coinage of Leif Eiricsson
Here is a coin that might-have-been! As we all know from our history books, the Greenlander Leif Ericsson, son of Eric the Red led a colonizing expedition in AD 1000, sailing west from Iceland and Greenland and establishing a colony he called “Vinland” on what is now thought to be the coast of...