Ernie68
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Posted: 29-May-2016, 20:11
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Posted: 29-May-2016, 20:11
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I have gone through all coins of right size and weight but no luck.
Please, If anybody spots where the coin is from, or can point me in the direction of a resource for medieval coins like this, I would very much appreciate it.
Coin is silver (or billon), weighs exactly 1g and has a diameter of between 14 and 15 mm.
One side has a strange face on it, and other side has a guy with a strange hat, eating a leg of chicken and holding a jug of ale - sort of - or something quite different.
Regards
Ernie
chomp-master
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Posted: 30-May-2016, 01:23
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Posted: 30-May-2016, 01:23
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I've very few things to say about this coin, which seems totally unknown for me, however these dimensions are similar to a medieval Denier, a global name for most similar coinage from Western nations.
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Heretic_Cata
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Posted: 31-May-2016, 13:38
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Posted: 31-May-2016, 13:38
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Wow - very interesting coin. I would love to find out what it is.
First of all, i think the first pic is upside down. Turned that way, it looks like some guy with a beard - a lot less stranger face.
Secondly, maybe the guy in the second pic is holding an (olive?) branch ? He might be someone from the Byzantine sphere of influence in the middle ages ?
chomp-master
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Posted: 31-May-2016, 13:59
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Posted: 31-May-2016, 13:59
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Or maybe a bishop or something else similar.
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Ecapoe
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Posted: 31-May-2016, 17:02
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Posted: 31-May-2016, 17:02
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Hello,
Heretic Cata was right for the rotation:
Some Münster Bistum pfennig:
Probably yours :
The bishop is holding a crozier at right hand and a book at left hand.
This one is Everhard von Diest, 1275-1301 (bishop of Munster
http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdiest.html)
But some identify it another way ex.
http://www.ma-shops.com/olding/item.php5?id=232504&lang=en for Lippe Delmot.
See also this other one
http://www.ma-shops.com/olding/item.php5?id=263397&lang=en
I am no expert and have no catalogue for this period but I guess we are pretty close
with the Münster pfennig 13th century. You should ask confirmation to a german forum (ex. numismatikforum.de).
Regards, André
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Ernie68
Joined: 9-Jun-2013
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Posted: 1-Jun-2016, 00:09
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Posted: 1-Jun-2016, 00:09
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Wow. Wow. Eh - did I mention wow?
Thank you all, and especially André. I'm really really happy now. There is a world of difference between owning (and holding in your hand) a lump of silver and a piece of history.
I will try to get a confirmation from numismatikforum.de :-) Try out these old german words I learnt way back :-)
Thanks again!
Regards
Ernie
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