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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 5449513, member: 96898&quot;]I very much like these! High medieval Sicily is, as far as I see, the only Western medieval region that used a trimetallic (gold, silver, bronze) currency system similar to that of the Roman Empire. The rest of medieval Europe either relied solely on silver coins or occasionally supplemented silver with imported gold. </p><p><br /></p><p>My contribution for this medieval Monday is much later and comes from north of the Alps. In the 15th century, different episcopal and civic mints in Germany followed the trend towards larger silver denominations and struck <i>gros</i>-like coins. In 1443, the Franconian mints, the margraves of Hohenzollern, and the bishopric of Würzburg started a currency union and issued heavy <i>schillinge </i>as an alternative to the Bohemian and Saxon <i>groschen </i>that dominated superregional trade. This coin, my last 2020 purchase, is a nice example:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1237221[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Bishopric of Würzburg, under Gottfried Schenk von Limpurg, AR schilling, 1443–1453. Obv: SANCTVS * KILIANVS *; St. Kilian, mitred and nimbate, standing facing with sword and crosier. Rev: +MON’ * ARGE’ * HERBIPOLENS’ *; shield (arms of the bishop). 25mm, 2.11g. Ref: Ehwald 5601.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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