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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 5374424, member: 96898&quot;]Here is something strange that I haven&#039;t shown here yet: Hungarian imitations of medieval Austrian pfennige.</p><p><br /></p><p>These aren&#039;t forgeries meant to fool anybody, but rather imitations for regional circulation, somewhat comparable to &quot;barbarian&quot; imitations of Roman AE coins. They usually have no reverse and are a bit lighter than the types they imitate. CNA has a good section on them:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1229534[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Hungarian imitation of a Vienna pfennig, struck ca. 1270–1350; prototype: Austrian Interregnum, AR &quot;Vienna pfennig,&quot; 1236–1251 AD, Vienna mint. Obv: lion walking right with shield and sword. Rev: blank. 13mm, 0.36g. Ref: CNA I, B143 (prototype), plate 25, no. xxiii (imitation).</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1229535[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Hungarian imitation of a Vienna pfennig, struck ca. 1270–1350; prototype: Ottokar II of Bohemia, Duchy of Austria, AR &quot;Vienna pfennig,&quot; 1236–1251 AD, Vienna/Enns mint. Obv: head of king facing. Rev: blank. 13mm, 0.49g. Ref: CNA I, B177a/b (prototype); plate 25, no. xviii (imitation).</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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