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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 3291729, member: 96898&quot;]A wonderful coin - congratulations on acquiring this rare piece!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s indeed a good question. The type has been attributed to Quedlinburg relatively recently by Mehl 2006 (as no. 243). Mehl describes it as showing the abbess below an archway with four towers. This appears to be based on a similar but more detailed coin depicted by Berger 1993 (as no. 1368), which is assumed to be related to this bracteate. Here is a picture of Berger&#039;s coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]870344[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Berger didn&#039;t attribute this coin to a specific mint but assumed it to come from Halberstadt or Magdeburg (both close to Quedlinburg).</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Here are the full citations</u>:</p><p>Manfred Mehl: Die Münzen des Stiftes Quedlinburg, Hamburg 2006.</p><p>Frank Berger: Die mittelalterlichen Brakteaten im Kestner-Museum, Hannover 1993.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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