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Message:: [QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 6401835, member: 96898"]Though I have it for a while now, I haven't really shown this coin before, which is interesting for two main reasons. First, it illustrates that the predecessors to the square bracteate pennies from the southwestern German-speaking regions had a reverse. In contrast to contemporary central German bracteates, they evolved into one-sided coins only over time. Secondly, this type is datable with relative precision only because an example was found in the "Barbarossa hoard." This large hoard of about 7.700 German silver coins was unearthed probably in Turkey and appeared on the market in 1982/1985. It was buried in the context of the third crusade (1189–1192) and presumably belonged to a wealthy member of Frederick Barbarossa's army. [ATTACH=full]1253579[/ATTACH] Prince–Bishopric of Basel, probably under Heinrich I. von Horburg, “vierzipfliger Pfennig”, ca. 1180–1190 AD. Obv: thick cross with annulets in quadrants. Rev: wheel with six spokes (or: star/flower in circle). 17mm, 0.37g. Ref: HMZ - (see 1-203, uniface issue); Wielandt 49; Slg. Wüthrich 5; Lanz 29, no. 240 (Barbarossa-Fund).[/QUOTE]