Unknown Medieval Silver Coin | Saxony Schreckenberger

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kouvaros New Member Cyprus 2 Posts	Posted 02/22/2010 10:53 am Dear all, Can anyone help me identify this one? It weights 4,2 grams and has a diameter of 28mm. Identified - moved to World Coins forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

Rdwarrior Valued Member United States 266 Posts	Posted 02/22/2010 11:51 am The Coat of arms on the side with the goofy looking dude looks like Saxony (German states), I also think I could make out the word Saxony (saxoni) on that side of the coin. I see no date, but there is what looks like the roman Numerals DVCVM ? Report this Post to the Staff
bobbyhelmet Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2838 Posts	Posted 02/22/2010 12:48 pm DVCVM translates to 1610 - if they do represent Roman numerals. I do think this coin is Italian though rather than German. Report this Post to the Staff
DL20K Pillar of the Community Poland 3201 Posts	Posted 02/22/2010 1:04 pm Wouldn't DVCVM mean "duchy"? Report this Post to the Staff
alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 02/22/2010 1:08 pm Wouldn't 1610 be: MDCX ? Report this Post to the Staff
alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 02/22/2010 1:27 pm Fratum Ducum Saxoni possibly refers to Frederick III, Elector of Saxony 1463-1525 Report this Post to the Staff
Jsalgado Valued Member Portugal 179 Posts	Posted 02/22/2010 2:08 pm The obverse is the second picture MO NO FRATRVM DVCVM SAXONI (MONETA NOVA FRATRVM SAXONIAE) The reverse is the first picture LANT GRAVIORVM THV ET MAR MI (LANTGRAVIORUM THURINGIAE ET MARCHIONUM MISNIAE) Unfortunately at this moment I only know this identification Report this Post to the Staff
bobbyhelmet Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2838 Posts	Posted 02/22/2010 2:17 pm Quote: Wouldn't 1610 be: MDCX ? To be honest I thought it looked wrong 'DVCVM' just didn't look like a RN format, in the end I typed it into an online translator to see what it came up with. It returned 1610 but maybe it is incorrect. http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana/numbers.html I did find an Italian website (below) that had similar legends listed for coins but as its pretty basic and only in Italian thats as far as I got. This is why I thought it was Italian. The saxoni ref could refer to the saxony line of the HRE though the larger coat of arms in the second picture is that of the Ernestines and that of Saxony. http://sri.lamoneta.it/Numismatica/legende.php Edited by bobbyhelmet 02/22/2010 2:34 pm Report this Post to the Staff
bobbyhelmet Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2838 Posts	Posted 02/22/2010 2:48 pm Its quite valuable 1554-1557 - heres a one in worse condition for 195 euros. It should be noted though that your coin is missing 2 of the letters compared to the one in the link (Could just be a mis-stamp on 'SAXONIA' and a dif spelling of 'LANTGRAVIORVM')? Not sure what that means or if its bad news for your coins value? http://www.ma-shops.com/brom/item.p...&id=70610009 Johann Friedrich (sometimes rendered to John Frederick) Duke of Pomerania from 1560 to 1600, and Bishop of Cammin from 1556 to 1574? Edited by bobbyhelmet 02/22/2010 3:19 pm Report this Post to the Staff
kouvaros New Member Cyprus 2 Posts	Posted 02/23/2010 10:12 am thank you all for your input ! Report this Post to the Staff
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