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<p>[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 3792179, member: 74834"][USER=96898]@Orielensis[/USER], thanks for your well-illustrated exposé of a fascinating numismatical type. A smart system, <i>renovatio monetae</i>, that was used in many centuries and places. Naturally, it wouldn't work for internationally oriented economies (Hanze!), and naturally, coins wouldn't need to be sturdy like other medieval pennies or denarii when they were going to be drawn in after a short time.</p><p><br /></p><p>A bracteate is on my list, but I haven't come across one yet. And I think it is more an eastern German art, there are no bracteates from the Netherlands, I believe. </p><p>But I have an issue of a German 19th century coin magazine, <i>Archiv für Bracteatenkunde</i>, with this plate (part of) that you might like:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1013201[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Illustration (1885) of some examples from a hoard of 684 bracteates found in Ilmersdorf near Jüterbog (50 miles south of Berlin).</i></p><p>I can read 'Mauricius' on the top three coins, and yes, they are from Magdeburg.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not surprising, the Dom of Magdeburg was dedicated to St. Maurice (and Catharina). It was the first Gothic church of Germany, founded in 1207 by the very same <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_I_of_K%C3%A4fernburg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_I_of_K%C3%A4fernburg" rel="nofollow">Albrecht von Käfernburg</a> ('Albert of Bugs Castle' in translation).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 3792179, member: 74834"][USER=96898]@Orielensis[/USER], thanks for your well-illustrated exposé of a fascinating numismatical type. A smart system, [I]renovatio monetae[/I], that was used in many centuries and places. Naturally, it wouldn't work for internationally oriented economies (Hanze!), and naturally, coins wouldn't need to be sturdy like other medieval pennies or denarii when they were going to be drawn in after a short time. A bracteate is on my list, but I haven't come across one yet. And I think it is more an eastern German art, there are no bracteates from the Netherlands, I believe. But I have an issue of a German 19th century coin magazine, [I]Archiv für Bracteatenkunde[/I], with this plate (part of) that you might like: [ATTACH=full]1013201[/ATTACH] [I]Illustration (1885) of some examples from a hoard of 684 bracteates found in Ilmersdorf near Jüterbog (50 miles south of Berlin).[/I] I can read 'Mauricius' on the top three coins, and yes, they are from Magdeburg. Not surprising, the Dom of Magdeburg was dedicated to St. Maurice (and Catharina). It was the first Gothic church of Germany, founded in 1207 by the very same [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_I_of_K%C3%A4fernburg']Albrecht von Käfernburg[/URL] ('Albert of Bugs Castle' in translation).[/QUOTE]
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