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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 5303996, member: 96898&quot;]Nice group, [USER=110504]@+VGO.DVCKS[/USER] ! The little coin from the Abbey of Epinal certainly is quite a catch.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&#039;Twas me, I suppose. Hammered-up edges are typical for coins from the border regions of Saxony and the Slavic territories in the late 10th to early 12th century. Here are some examples:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1223695[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">&quot;Saxon penny&quot;, anonymous regional issue, under Conrad II, ca. 1025–1030 AD, struck in the region around Meißen. Obv: legend of wedges and retrograde [C]-V-X-R (CRVX–type), cross trefly. Rev: legend of wedges and H-[E?]-V-R (VERH–type), cross of wedges. 16mm, 1.10g. Ref: Type Mol A 2; Dannenberg 1335a–c.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1223693[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">&quot;Saxon penny&quot;, anonymous regional issue, under the early Salian emperors (Conrad II – Henry IV), ca. 1025–1060 AD, struck in the Saale region close to Naumburg. Obv: legend of wedges and retrograde [R?]- X-I-V (CRVX–type), cross with pellets and ringlets in quadrants. Rev: legend of wedges and C-V-X-[R?] (CRVX–type), cross of wedges. 16mm, 1.17g. Ref: Type Sal D 2:1; Dannenberg 1337.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1223697[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Magdeburg, Imperial mint, &quot;Saxon penny,&quot; probably issued under Otto III (r. 983–1002 AD) and Archbishop Giselher (984–1004 AD). Obv: ...I M I... (corrupted MAGADEBURG); &quot;wooden church&quot; with four pellets inside; three pellets to l. and r. Rev: ...EI°III... (corrupted IN NOMINE DNI AMEN), cross pattée. 16mm, 1.27g. Ref: Dannenberg 1330; Mehl 30; Kilger Mg HP 1; Slg Hauswaldt 14.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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