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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AnYangMan, post: 3283218, member: 87271&quot;]Thanks everyone! A bracteate from Quedlinburg has also been on my want-list, but their price tag sadly doesn’t really allow for the purchasing of one any time soon. Let alone one as nice as posted above.</p><p><br /></p><p>Beautiful coins [USER=78244]@TypeCoin971793[/USER] and [USER=96898]@Orielensis[/USER], he does indeed look like Sinterklaas, with that traditional mitre!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Duly noted <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=87080]@TheRed[/USER], a fascinating historical figure indeed! I am afraid however that his is the only ‘real’ bracteate in my collection. I do have something produced in a technically similar manner, but with a whole lot less eye appeal (and a tiny hole). Nevertheless, I find it just as interesting!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]868023[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Sweden, Magnus III Ladulås (<i>Barnlock</i>, which has got to be the most awesome epithet ever). Penning (Brakteat), 1275 – 1290. There has been quite a bit of discussion concerning the place where these were minted. We have Magnus’ testament from 1285, in which eight mints, four in the region of Svealand and four in the region of Götaland, are named. Interestingly enough, Svealand and Götaland used differing weight standards. While 192 pennings were struck from a single mark of silver in Svealand, they struck double that, 384 to be precise, from a mark in Götaland. This results in brakteats with an idealized weight of roughly 0.30 and 0.15 gram respectively. Looking at the numismatic record of Magnus, we can divide his bracteates into 8 different types, based on the nature of the border (solid or pearls), calligraphic variety of the M (Latin or Uncial) and the weight standard on which they were struck; it seems that each type thus represents a single mint! Using distribution maps and the find of a piece of ‘<i>myntningsunderlag</i>’ (not sure if there is a proper English translation, but it refers to the soft piece of pliable metal, often lead, that was put underneath the thin silver planchet to prevent shattering during the striking of bracteates) of a certain Svealandic type in Örebro, the eight different types have been attributed to the eight mints mentioned in Magnus’ testament.</p><p><br /></p><p>This piece, struck on the standard from Götaland, with a solid border and Latin M, is tentatively attributed to Söderköping. No idea why, but coins from this mint especially have a high degree of flan damage. It also currently holds the record for lightest coin in my collection at a mere 0.09 gram!</p><p><br /></p><p>Ps. Sorry for hijacking my own thread! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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