Since its debut in 2007, The Early Dated Coins of Europe 1234–1500 by Robert Levinson has become the standard worldwide reference for dated medieval coinage. Early dated coins offered in major auctions in Europe and the United States are most often cited by their Levinson reference numbers, making this volume an essential tool for collectors, dealers, and researchers.
This enhanced all-color edition expands the corpus to more than 1,250 known types and subtypes, adding over 150 newly documented pieces, along with 500+ catalog updates and 200+ additional photographs. Entries have been carefully refined with more precise descriptions, and newly recognized subtypes have been assigned unique subnumbers—improving accuracy and usability across the entire catalog.
Incorporating more than a decade of new scholarship, the book also features an extensive annotated bibliography, including important recent references such as new works on Burgundian Netherlands coinage. Definitions and coverage have been broadened as well, with pieforts, off-metal strikes, and major legend rotations now identified with their own subnumbers—acknowledging varieties that command strong interest when they appear on the market.
Richly illustrated and thoroughly updated, this definitive guide helps readers identify, attribute, and understand some of the rarest and most historically significant dated coins of medieval Europe.