Old German Coin Found During Archeological Work

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german-searcher New Member Germany 1 Posts	Posted 07/26/2023 04:19 am Hello all, I currently am involved with the archeological department of our city as a volunteer. There is an area (Northern Germany, between Brunswick and Wolfsburg) that will be developed into homes, but currently is just a field. The archeological department of our city is searching through it by taking off the topsoil and studying the layers of soil underneath. My job is to metal detect the spoils pile (Top soil moved aside), and also the top of the exposed lower layer. On one of the spoil piles I discovered the following coin, but I'm not able to identify it. Do any of you have any idea what it might be? Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 07/26/2023 06:36 am The pros might need a better photo to really help you. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
erafjel Pillar of the Community Sweden 2124 Posts	Posted 07/26/2023 07:57 am It is probably from Braunschweig-Lüneburg. The inscriptions are close to the "1 mariengroschen 1685" on this page: https://worldcoinsinfo.com/world/br...e-coins.html Size and weight will help to determine what it is. Edited by erafjel 07/26/2023 07:57 am Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5172 Posts	Posted 07/26/2023 08:20 am I was able to read LUNEB (probably for Lüneburg) on the first pic, and after some cross-checking with Numista and Google, I can now give much more of the legend: BR LUNEB LANDT MU[N...] - i.e. this is a coin from one of the (many) successor states of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Unfortunately I couldn't find a specific match for H H Z at the top of the second pic, or indeed anything that looks like the first pic's peculiar wavy field. What's the size and/or the weight? That would really help a lot. [EDIT: some further search found the same link and entry already mentioned by @erafjel. This does look like it could be a match, or at least extremely similar. A neat coin - one of those early-enough Mariengroschens that actually feature Mary...] Edited by january1may 07/26/2023 08:25 am Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188091 Posts	Posted 07/26/2023 09:29 am to the Community! 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
LordInVader New Member Germany 8 Posts	Posted 07/26/2023 1:58 pm Wow thank you for all the helpful hints! I think erafjel is on the money. It looks a lot like 1 Mariengroschen from 1685... Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5172 Posts	Posted 07/26/2023 2:59 pm 1685 on NumisBids, 1684 on MA Shops. There's some weirdness in the legend but the match seems firm enough. Report this Post to the Staff
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