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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 3630223, member: 96898&quot;]These aren&#039;t bracteates.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bracteates are uni-sided coins struck from very thin silver sheets using a single die, creating a high relief. Their reverse thus is a negative (&quot;hollow&quot;) version of the obverse (see the example below).</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=84706]@Roy Russell[/USER] &#039;s coins, on the other hand, have all been struck using a pair of dies and therefore show different designs on reverse and obverse, making them regular pennies or <i>pfennige</i> .</p><p><br /></p><p>I recognize some of them as so-called &quot;Friesach pfennige&quot; from the Alpe-Adria region, and strongly assume that the others will turn out to be 12th–14th century pfennige, too. There are several hundred different types of &quot;Friesach pfennige,&quot; which were struck by&nbsp; a number of different authorities (see this <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/common-medieval-coins-info-thread.337725/#post-3498305" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/common-medieval-coins-info-thread.337725/#post-3498305">write-up</a>).</p><p><br /></p><p>A Friesach pfennig from my collection:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]973673[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Adalbert III of Bohemia, Prince–Archbishopric of Salzburg, Friesach pfennig, ca. 1170–1200 AD, Friesach mint. Obv: E[R]IAC[EN]SIS (retrograde), bishop standing facing, holding crosier and book. Rev: church building with two towers, cross above pediment, four ringlets (windows?) below. 19mm, 0.97g. Ref: CNA, Ca9.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>For comparison, a bracteate:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]973674[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Archbishopric of Magdeburg, Albrecht von Käfernburg, bracteate penny, ca. 1220–1232. Obv: OICI – IVSDV; St. Maurice, nimbate and wearing armour, standing facing, holding cross and lance flag; below, church building with two towers an an arch; inside, cranium relic. Rev: negative design (bracteate). 23mm, 0.68g. Ref: Berger 1586; Slg. Hauswaldt 167; Slg. Bonhoff 712.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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