What Is This Coin? Long Cross Penny?

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jessica297 New Member United Kingdom 5 Posts	Posted 03/17/2019 09:34 am Any help identifying this coin would be appreciated. Many thanks * Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

PaddyB Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 945 Posts	Posted 03/17/2019 11:15 am I am struggling to see enough to base a search on, so it really depends on someone recognising the portrait to home in on a country or region. It is certainly NOT an English long cross penny, or indeed any English coin. At a guess I would suspect a French bishopric or regional issue. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 03/28/2019 8:27 pm I agree not an English penny. Report this Post to the Staff
tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7940 Posts	Posted 03/28/2019 10:53 pm WOuld most feudal French deniers have a cross (not a crown) reverse? I have seen that reclining S at 5:00 reverse on central/eastern European medievals, but maybe it is widespread. Report this Post to the Staff
Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 03/29/2019 04:24 am I googled "pfennig medieval facing head bearded" and presto (dumb luck)! I can't read the legends on either coin but they certainly look very similar... https://www.biddr.ch/auctions/lcg/b...141&l=125962 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfr...wer_Lorraine Edited by Kushanshah 03/29/2019 04:29 am Report this Post to the Staff
tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7940 Posts	Posted 03/29/2019 07:39 am Great work, kushanshah. Here is a recent auction result from Elsen with some additional explanation: https://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotv...b2fb6f1c8d4c This coin was attributed to Godfrey by K. Giesen (reference) which refutes the previous attribution to Hildesheim (mint) under either duc Ordulf, or Count Udo II. This places the issuing of this denier in a Frisian mint, before the issuing of two types with the legend MERE CIVITAS. Edit: And what I thought was a crown with a cross, is a building such as a church with a cross on top (as seen with many 12th-13th c. denars from Germany etc) Edited by tdziemia 03/29/2019 08:21 am Report this Post to the Staff
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