Bracteat

[Oleg_R]

What is this? Weight 0.8 g. D 23 mm

Sorry. speak English only.

[captain-freddy]

Hello, Oleg!

Is this coin (bracteate) minted only from one side, or is there a different picture on the backside?

With greetings!
captain-freddy

[Oleg_R]

Hello, captain-freddy!

This is the picture on the backside.

With greetings!
Oleg

[captain-freddy]

Hello, Oleg!

The coin is indeed onesided - so it is definitely a bracteate - as you were heading your inquiry.

You can see a crowned head enface between two towers over a wall. Over the crowned head you can see a winged figure with legs (eagle?).

Around the coin you find some letters - this is not unusual on bracteates.

I can not find your bracteate in the famous collection Bohnhoff. There is a possibility, that it is a German bracteate - but a Polish or Bohemian origin is also possible.

Bracteates of King Premysl Ottokar I of Bohemia showing a crowned face between towers. There is some similarity there. (Bohnhoff 2099)

Otherwise: Let the specialists in this forum investigate further!

Best greetings
captain-freddy

[Oleg_R]

[quote="captain-freddy"]

Hello, captain-freddy!
Thanks for consultations. Look one more coin please. Is that a German bracteate?
Best wishes,
Oleg

[DoktorBonhoff]

Hello,

The second coin is a bracteate struck in the city Goslar, in Lower Saxony (Germany) between 1350-1500. It is called "Matthias-pfennig". The picture shows Saint Matthias (Sankt Matthias) holding an axe in his right hand and a book in his left one.

Considering the first coin, I am not sure that this is a bracteate at all. It might be a "half-bracteate". It looks as if it is struck (blurred) on the reverse. A half-bracteate is struck on both sides, but the coin is so thin that the struck on one side has destroyed the picture on the other side.

Greetings from Sweden

[Oleg_R]

Hello,
thanks for the detailed answer. As to the first coin I think you are absolutely right. The coin is really similar on "half-bracteate" and was strucked out on enough thick plate as at german coins of the middle of XI century.


Greetings from Russia

[leodux]

Hi Oleg,

The first coin is a "Duennpfennig" (or halfbracteate) from the abbey of Quedlinburg.

See
- collection Bonhoff 508: Abbess Gerburg (1108-1137) and bailiff Friedrich II.
and
- Berger 1395: Abbess Beatrix II. von Winzenburg (1138-1160) and bailiff Friedrich II.

Your coin looks more similar to Berger 1395 than Bonhoff 508.
It is not uniface, but the reverse (probably it shows the abbess) is always unrecognizable.

Greetings to Russia

leodux

[Oleg_R]

Hello, leodux,

Thanks for the valuable help!
All the best for you.
Oleg.

[wichmann]

Hi Oleg. I am lookoing for the first time in this interisting forum. So I saw your Duennpfennig of Quedlinburg. *************************** Edit by tournois

[tournois]

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