Need Reference Tips To ID Medieval Bracteate Coins

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j_hewes Valued Member United States 52 Posts	Posted 07/22/2024 9:32 pm Hi, all, I recently got a small bunch of medieval European bracteate (uniface) silver coins. I've attached two examples here. The first (bear) is 12mm, 0.19gm; the second (dragon) is 20mm, 0.64gm. Searching through en.numista was long and fruitless (tho fascinating). Does anyone know of any other online resources for searching European bracteates? Alternatively, if anyone has printed reference resources and would be willing to do some legwork in them, I could post additional coin images. There are only seven of them. Thanks! John Hewes Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 07/23/2024 04:42 am Have you tried vcoins or numismedia or https://cngcoins.com/Default.aspx? John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 07/23/2024 06:55 am @j_hew, you may need to use a more nuanced approach since, as you note, there isn't a single website with everything that you need. Numista and some of the websites that @john1 mentioned can be a good start, but I think that you will need to employ a hybrid approach. By way of example, a bear as the central design element is almost always going to mean that the coin is from Bern Switzerland. On acsearch, with the keywords BRACTEATE and BEAR, there are three listings that are close: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=670706 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2078827 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5721827 Your coin clearly has something above the bear, but I'm not sure that it is a facing royal head. You would need access to the standard catalog on swiss coins (HMZ) to fine tune your attribution. I have this reference (as likely others do here on CCF) and would be happy to try to fully attribute your coins. The process can take a bit of time and having diameter and weight information is always useful. If you'd like to go down this pathway, please post your coins each in its own separate thread. Thx. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7935 Posts	Posted 07/23/2024 07:03 am Quote: a bear as the central design element is almost always going to mean that the coin is from Bern Switzerland. ...second option is Anhalt-Bernburg, Germany. Though I am pretty sure the bear with an eagle on its back is Bern. Edit: Found: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6455312 Remember that the spelling is brakteat in central Europe, so sometimes that turns up more hits on a search. I agree with spence, that picking good search terms and using acsearch or MA-shops is a good way to proceed. You will be doing lots of scrolling, but it works. Good luck with the lion. Edit (again). Oops! Not sure where to look for a dragon. For a griffon, usually Pomerania, (Pommern in German and Pomorze in Polish). Edited by tdziemia 07/23/2024 07:22 am Report this Post to the Staff
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