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wjl Valued Member United States 329 Posts	Posted 05/15/2013 7:31 pm Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 05/16/2013 7:56 pm Interesting pieces, they appear medieval with Christian symbols. They don't look Byzantine, but they could be medieval Hungarian or Bulgarian. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16830 Posts	Posted 05/16/2013 9:18 pm They're both early German pieces, I believe. The top one is very typical of a bracteate pfennigs. I have a piece very similar to the second one though the reverse is not as clear, described as a "joint issue of the bishops of Regensburg and the princes of Lower Bavaria". But I frankly don't know enough about these early German coins to speak with any authority on them. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
platinrubel Valued Member Austria 194 Posts	Posted 05/17/2013 07:57 am the upper one is called a "bodenseebrakteat". it is the imperial mint of the city of Lindau under Friedrich II. (1215-1250) http://www.mcsearch.info/record.html?id=975077 Report this Post to the Staff
wjl Valued Member United States 329 Posts	Posted 05/17/2013 2:48 pm Thanks guys, I suspected the 2nd one was regensburg, but couldn't find one listed as such I had the first one marked as Oberschwaben / Nordschweiz. Report this Post to the Staff
platinrubel Valued Member Austria 194 Posts	Posted 05/17/2013 3:41 pm Oberschwaben / Nordschweiz? where did you get this information? itÂ´s germany not switzerland. btw: I donÂ´t think the second one is regensburg. Report this Post to the Staff
wjl Valued Member United States 329 Posts	Posted 05/17/2013 6:52 pm Oberschwaben / Nordschweiz is a joint coinage issue. In German gemeinschaftpraegung. Just as Regensburg/Bavarian princes. I can't find a Regensburg coin that matches either. Edited by wjl 05/17/2013 7:44 pm Report this Post to the Staff
platinrubel Valued Member Austria 194 Posts	Posted 05/18/2013 01:11 am ah, now I understand. Bodenseeraum/Oberschwaben/Nordschweiz is only the name of the geographical area. it is not meant as a kind of "gemeinschaftspraegung" Report this Post to the Staff
wjl Valued Member United States 329 Posts	Posted 05/18/2013 03:56 am The coin is nearly 800 years old. At this time there was no seperate Switzerland, as the swiss revolt had not yet happened. Edited by wjl 05/18/2013 04:29 am Report this Post to the Staff
wjl Valued Member United States 329 Posts	Posted 05/27/2013 08:36 am That 2nd one is tough. Perhaps Danish? Report this Post to the Staff
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