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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 3795958, member: 96898&quot;]Great write-up and wonderful new acquisition. That&#039;s exactly the type of coin that will get every early medieval collector excited: a rare and historically significant type, great strike, and perfectly preserved. Congratulations on managing to add such a fantastic specimen to your collection!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an earlier Carolingian denier with a monogram instead of the church building:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1014170[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Charles the Bald, Western Carolingian Empire, AR denier, 840–877 AD, &quot;Curtisasonien&quot; mint (Courcessin or Courgeon). Obv: +CRATIA D-I REX; Karolus monogram. Rev: +HCVRTISASONIEH; cross. 19.5mm, 1.69g. Ref: MEC I, 860–864.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>And here are two humble &quot;Saxon pennies&quot; from the late 10th and early 11th centuries:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1014171[/ATTACH]</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. 16.5mm, 1.27g. Ref: Dannenberg 1330; Mehl 30; Kilger Mg HP 1; Slg Hauswaldt 14.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1014218[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">Under the early Salian emperors, anonymous regional moneyer, &quot;Saxon penny&quot;, ca. 1025–1060 AD, struck in the Saale region close to Naumburg. Obv: legend of strokes and I-X-?-V (CRVX–type), cross with pellets and ringlets in quadrants. Rev: egend of strokes and C-V-X-?(CRVX–type), cross of wedges. 16mm, 1.17g. Ref: Dannenberg 1338 var (1337 on plate due to printing error).</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"><font size="4">These Saxon pennies tend to have a raised edge probably produced by gentle hammering. This is usually interpreted as a proof of silver fineness (debased silver alloys aren&#039;t that malleable) and as a safeguard against clipping.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]1014173[/ATTACH] </font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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