Austrian/German/Dutch Pfennig ID Help?

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DKA-Numis Valued Member United States 136 Posts	Posted 05/11/2015 6:48 pm I must admit that I am stumped on this one. I picked it up in a group auction sometime last year. It is 15mm. It weighs 0.70g. My first thought was a pfennig from the German Archbishopric of Cologne (around the 1100s-1200s), but cannot nail it down. Most of those feature a bishop holding a crozier and a book, or a king holding a scepter. This person is clearly holding a bird of some kind. The closest I have come was a pfennig from Duisburg, ca. 1152, on the acsearch.info site. Other than that, I am lost. I hope that was not overly wordy. I just wanted to explain my thought process thus far. Thanks in advance! Report this Post to the Staff

Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 05/12/2015 1:36 pm nice coin, I like it. I will try to find it Report this Post to the Staff
thedollarman Pillar of the Community Canada 4911 Posts	Posted 05/12/2015 1:44 pm Quote: This person is clearly holding a bird of some kind now I know NOTHING when it comes to coins like this but is it possible that he is a hunter? it kind of looks like he is holding a bow and perhaps that is a falcon that he uses to help him find prey? anyone know if falconry existed this far back? anyway just my thoughts... Feel free to call me Will. Report this Post to the Staff
Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 05/12/2015 1:44 pm If you download this file and look on the third page with pictures you will see coins with similar symbols (towers, dove, ...) http://www.medievalcoinage.com/pdfb...ol1_1857.pdf other mediëval books : http://www.medievalcoinage.com/pdfbooks/ and http://www.medievalcoinage.com/pdfb...pdfbooks.htm Report this Post to the Staff
Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 05/12/2015 1:53 pm Münzen von der Grafen Von Sahn page 158 (pdf numbering) page 4 with pictures http://www.medievalcoinage.com/pdfb...ol3_1863.pdf and even the writing looks the same Edited by Petrus 05/12/2015 2:00 pm Report this Post to the Staff
DKA-Numis Valued Member United States 136 Posts	Posted 05/12/2015 11:00 pm Wow! Those pictures are scary accurate. Thank you very much! I never would have found that. Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 05/12/2015 11:14 pm Grafen von Sahn'? The Counts of Whipped Cream? Report this Post to the Staff
Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 05/13/2015 5:26 pm hihihi! (It is Sahne for the wipped cream) The county of Sahn is (or was) at the south of Berg There were different ways that it was written/named: Sein, Sehn, Sain, .... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayn Report this Post to the Staff
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