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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3543207, member: 96898"]Yes, I know that I'm late to the thread, but this little coin features Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg, holding two crossbows:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]941970[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Margraviate of Brandenburg, under House Wittelsbach, Otto V, denar, ca. 1365–1373, uncertain mint. Obv: margrave standing facing, holding two crossbows. Rev: ornamented triangle with trefoils and pellets. 16mm, 0.69g. Ref: Bahrfeldt 692; Dannenberg 252.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Crossbows had a rather bad reputation in the Middle Ages – in 1139, the papacy even outlawed them in the Second Council of the Lateran, canon 29: "We prohibit under anathema that murderous art of crossbowmen and archers, which is hateful to God, to be employed against Christians and Catholics from now on."</p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder what Otto's contemporaries thought of this coin. Definitely not a subtle choice – for comparison, imagine a coin showing a modern state leader waving around two assault rifles...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3543207, member: 96898"]Yes, I know that I'm late to the thread, but this little coin features Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg, holding two crossbows: [ATTACH=full]941970[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Margraviate of Brandenburg, under House Wittelsbach, Otto V, denar, ca. 1365–1373, uncertain mint. Obv: margrave standing facing, holding two crossbows. Rev: ornamented triangle with trefoils and pellets. 16mm, 0.69g. Ref: Bahrfeldt 692; Dannenberg 252.[/SIZE] Crossbows had a rather bad reputation in the Middle Ages – in 1139, the papacy even outlawed them in the Second Council of the Lateran, canon 29: "We prohibit under anathema that murderous art of crossbowmen and archers, which is hateful to God, to be employed against Christians and Catholics from now on." I wonder what Otto's contemporaries thought of this coin. Definitely not a subtle choice – for comparison, imagine a coin showing a modern state leader waving around two assault rifles...[/QUOTE]
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