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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 5001938, member: 56653&quot;]An interesting design employed by the city of Nurnberg as an imperial mint for Friedrich II von Staufen as Holy Roman Emperor:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200626[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as I have gathered there was a series of these pfennige minted from ca. 1220 to at least 1250, if not even spilling into the period after the death of Friedrich. The one source that everyone is referencing -- the Collection of Dr. Herbert J. Erlanger -- I have not read for attributing this piece. It came attributed as Erlanger 27 from a German dealer, but the attributions of this dealer are often sloppy. There are many other types in this series, although overall this coinage seems rather scarce.</p><p><br /></p><p>An interesting feature is the fact that these coins are anepigraphic and at least the main issues struck during the lifetime of Friedrich of exceptionally good silver alloy. This particular piece shows the crowned head of the emperor inside a decorated wreath on the obverse and the Staufen eagle inside of a decorated wreath&nbsp; on the reverse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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