Need Help ID A Double Headed Eagle And Cross Coin 1559

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microcoin New Member Denmark 3 Posts	Posted 03/17/2013 11:51 am Hi this is my first post, hope I'm doing everything right :) I need help to Identify a coin, here is how and where I found it. Finding I live in Denmark, and was walking around a construction site. It is on a grassy hill, pretty close to the center of the town. They where removing some of the dirt, and I walked through the site around 6pm after the workers had left. I noticed the coin. It was around 20cm beneath the ground, that I found it. Dimensions Diameter = 1.9cm Here is a picture, it's showing the two sides. And the last one is the real color, without the light from the lamp. The image is not as good as I had hoped, but I can read what it says. On one side, there is a cross. The text around it is "*NETAL ECEN S 1559" the * is letters I can't read/see. On the other side, there is a two headed eagle. With the text around "PERIALSCIVI*" The rest is unreadable :( Hope you guys and girls can help me out, thanks for your help :) Identified - moved to World Coins forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 03/17/2013 1:43 pm I believe the reverse legend is CIVITAS IMPERIALIS, and on the obverse, MONETA LVBECENS, for the city of LÃ¼beck, in Germany. Here's a similar example of a witten, until I can find a better one: http://www.medievalcoinage.com/saur...r/1/1889.htm And, Edited by philadelphian 03/17/2013 1:55 pm Report this Post to the Staff
DCH Pillar of the Community United States 645 Posts	Posted 03/17/2013 1:44 pm I believe it's from Lubeck. MONETA LVBECENS CIVITATIS IMPERIALIS Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 03/17/2013 1:52 pm Ok, this LÃ¼beck sechsling comes much closer: http://www.ma-shops.com/olding2/ite...0244&lang=jp Those should be the arms of LÃ¼beck over the cross. Denmark's not far from there; do you recognize the coat of arms? Report this Post to the Staff
microcoin New Member Denmark 3 Posts	Posted 03/17/2013 3:01 pm Wow thanks guys, you really are great at this :o Philadelphian: Yes, that one looks exactly like the one I found, I have never seen the coat of arms though, atleast not in Denmark. But the double headed eagle reminds me of the Holy Roman Empire court of arms. Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 03/17/2013 3:38 pm That is the Imperial eagle of the Holy Roman Empire, with the older, white-over-red Hanseatic shield of LÃ¼beck on its chest. The two-headed eagle with this smaller shield have been the arms of LÃ¼beck since about 1450. http://jsa.viewimage.net/jsa/web/Sp...2210_r_l.jpg Edited by philadelphian 03/17/2013 3:46 pm Report this Post to the Staff
microcoin New Member Denmark 3 Posts	Posted 03/17/2013 3:56 pm Thanks alot! appreciate it :) Report this Post to the Staff
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