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<p>[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 3714359, member: 74834"]My contribution is this coin of Dorestad, a thriving market town in the Netherlands not far south of Utrecht, on the river Rhine. It was pillaged by the Vikings in 839 and 850 and declined afterwards. This (not so attractive) penny was issued by Lothair I about 850-855. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]995593[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Silver denier, 9th century. Dorestad. Chlotarius or after. Obv. DOR/ES.TA/TVS in 3 lines. Rev. Short cross in circle +HLOTIARIVS IMP. 20 mm, 1.39 gr. (MG 521-524/ Grierson Blackburn 820).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 3714359, member: 74834"]My contribution is this coin of Dorestad, a thriving market town in the Netherlands not far south of Utrecht, on the river Rhine. It was pillaged by the Vikings in 839 and 850 and declined afterwards. This (not so attractive) penny was issued by Lothair I about 850-855. [ATTACH=full]995593[/ATTACH] Silver denier, 9th century. Dorestad. Chlotarius or after. Obv. DOR/ES.TA/TVS in 3 lines. Rev. Short cross in circle +HLOTIARIVS IMP. 20 mm, 1.39 gr. (MG 521-524/ Grierson Blackburn 820).[/QUOTE]
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