Can't Identify This Medieval Coin... Need Expert Help!

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madis4u New Member Latvia 10 Posts	Posted 08/22/2018 07:39 am Recently bought a bunch of coins and there was one medieval coin I can't identify. Thank you. Report this Post to the Staff

tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7962 Posts	Posted 08/22/2018 09:02 am Lettering in the angles between the arms of the cross looks like P A O D, so possibly a denier/ denaro of Padova? But I cannot find any images of Padova coins before 1300s, and this looks like it should be earlier. Edit: Here's a better (but still not perfect) guess. Silver temple type pfenning from Regensburg, 10th/11th century, like this one: https://www.coinarchives.com/c20cea...age01240.jpg One can also find temple type pfennigs from time of Otto III with O D D O in the angles of the cross, but yours does not look like a match for those letters. More like this one that has O D O A: https://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotv...36957edf186c Anyhow, Germany 10th/11th c. looks like fertile place to search. Edited by tdziemia 08/22/2018 09:34 am Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189673 Posts	Posted 08/22/2018 3:56 pm At tdziemia's suggestion, your post was moved to the appropriate forum for the proper attention. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
madis4u New Member Latvia 10 Posts	Posted 08/23/2018 04:02 am Thank you for your support. Report this Post to the Staff
tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7962 Posts	Posted 08/25/2018 08:50 am Am bumping this thread in hopes that one of our medieval experts can make a definitive ID. I was thinking along the lines of one of the holzkirchenpfennig types from Ottonian times in Germany, but maybe that's not right (also considered Carolingian temple deniers but seemed less likely). Also, I may be looking for letters in the angles of the cross when these are just annulets and wedges (though that upper right sure looks like a gothic A, and the lower left appears to be formed differently than the adjacent O or ring). Edited by tdziemia 08/25/2018 08:55 am Report this Post to the Staff
tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7962 Posts	Posted 08/25/2018 4:24 pm It is an Otto Adelheid pfennig, minted between about 983 and 1050 in central Germany. These can have either O D D O in the angles between arms of the cross, or O D O A like yours. Here are two examples: https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=l...=597&lot=819 https://picclick.de/1099-Otto-Adelh...8931252.html Report this Post to the Staff
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