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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2749880, member: 42634&quot;]Here&#039;s an ugly little silver coin I recently picked up...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/100_7634_zpswgocpgw1.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/100_7634_zpswgocpgw1.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/100_7634_zpswgocpgw1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6">Duke Bernhard von Spanheim, Austria, AR Pfennig, 1202-1256</font></p><p><br /></p><p>O: Bernhard standing, holding staff and flag. R: Paschal Lamb advancing right. 17 mm, 1.1 g</p><p><br /></p><p>This type of coin was pretty common in Austria around this time period and&nbsp; a bit after (sometimes called &quot;Friesacher Pfennigs&quot; or “<b>Wiener</b> Pfennigs” <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).&nbsp; Wiener because of Vienna! </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, these were struck a techinque known as the <i>&quot;vierschlag method&quot; .&nbsp; </i>I guess the coin was struck on a single sided die, then put on another die and stuck again.&nbsp; The process would damage the devices on the coin, and you usually see sharp lines (see around the lambs rump?)&nbsp; with flat areas beyond.&nbsp; Do I understand this correctly?&nbsp; [USER=74712]@FitzNigel[/USER]&nbsp; this is probably up your alley? </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s another contemporary coin of mine that shows the lines more clearly.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_5459_zpsd61083e1.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_5459_zpsd61083e1.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_5459_zpsd61083e1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Post any 13th century coins from Western Europe (or anything related)![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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