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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 4966856, member: 96898&quot;]What you see is a result of the edges of the coin having been hammered up after striking, likely to give proof of silver purity. A debased alloy would have been too brittle for this type of treatment. This type of hammered-up edge is a regular feature of some 10th and 11th century eastern German coins. It might even have been done at the mints, though this is controversially debated.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of my examples with an additional picture of the edge:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1193805[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">&quot;Saxon penny&quot;, anonymous regional issue, under the early Salian emperors (Conrad II – Henry IV), ca. 1025–1060 AD, struck in the Saale region close to Naumburg. Obv: legend of wedges and retrograde [R?]- X-I-V (CRVX–type), cross with pellets and ringlets in quadrants. Rev: legend of wedges and C-V-X-[R?] (CRVX–type), cross of wedges. 16mm, 1.17g. Ref: Type Sal D 2:1; Dannenberg 1337.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1193806[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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