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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 4844227, member: 110504&quot;]This just got here today. Cleaned, but in a way that at least evokes having been found in the ground.&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1169656[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1169657[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Hermann (III, Count of Werl?), denar of Emden (in Frisia, apparently under Saxon ducal rule at this point, however indirectly), c. earlier 11th century.</p><p>Obv. Profile; (From 11 o&#039;clock; the pic is tilted a little: ) +HEREMON.</p><p>Rev. Voided long cross (evoking, thank you, the issue of AEthelred II, and Scandinavian imitations).&nbsp; +A / HM / TH / ON&nbsp; (Emden).</p><p>Here is some good stuff about the ambiguity of the attribution, from Forvm Ancient Coins.</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=81358.0;wap2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=81358.0;wap2" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=81358.0;wap2</a></p><p>What I need about this example is the near-surreal integrity of the legends.&nbsp; Whoever was at the mint that day Didn&#039;t show up hungover.&nbsp; (...if you were the 11th-c. northern European equivalent of middle class, what would <i>you</i> do?)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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