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<p>[QUOTE="Bing, post: 2235104, member: 44132"]With the help of HammeredCoins (he did all the work), we have come up with a possible identification and attribution for this medieval coin I've had for many months collecting dust. I really had no idea of where to look, but HC thought he had seen something similar. He dug around till he found what he was looking for. So this is what we have agreed upon with perhaps a 95-98% certainty:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]439960[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]439961[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]439962[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]439963[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]439964[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]439966[/ATTACH] </p><p>DENMARK, Eric (VII) of Pomerania</p><p>Sterling (3 Penning)</p><p>OBVERSE: Crown, ERICVS REX D S N</p><p>REVERSE: cross potent, MONETA LVNDENSE</p><p>Struck at Lund mint (Lund, Skåne (now Sweden), c.1413-1420</p><p>0.65, 16mm</p><p>Galster 9</p><p><br /></p><p>Eric of Pomerania KG (1381 or 1382 – 24 September 1459) was King Eric (Eirik) III of Norway (1389–1442), King Eric VII of Denmark (1396–1439), and King Eric (Ericus) XIII (VIII) of Sweden (1396–1439; known there in history mainly as Erik av Pommern). He was the first King of the Nordic Kalmar Union, succeeding his adoptive mother Margaret I of Denmark, and was also Duke Eric I of Pomerania.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bing, post: 2235104, member: 44132"]With the help of HammeredCoins (he did all the work), we have come up with a possible identification and attribution for this medieval coin I've had for many months collecting dust. I really had no idea of where to look, but HC thought he had seen something similar. He dug around till he found what he was looking for. So this is what we have agreed upon with perhaps a 95-98% certainty: [ATTACH=full]439960[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]439961[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]439962[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]439963[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]439964[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]439966[/ATTACH] DENMARK, Eric (VII) of Pomerania Sterling (3 Penning) OBVERSE: Crown, ERICVS REX D S N REVERSE: cross potent, MONETA LVNDENSE Struck at Lund mint (Lund, Skåne (now Sweden), c.1413-1420 0.65, 16mm Galster 9 Eric of Pomerania KG (1381 or 1382 – 24 September 1459) was King Eric (Eirik) III of Norway (1389–1442), King Eric VII of Denmark (1396–1439), and King Eric (Ericus) XIII (VIII) of Sweden (1396–1439; known there in history mainly as Erik av Pommern). He was the first King of the Nordic Kalmar Union, succeeding his adoptive mother Margaret I of Denmark, and was also Duke Eric I of Pomerania.[/QUOTE]
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