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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 6694314, member: 110504&quot;]...Hope this isn&#039;t talking out of turn, but for medievals, the textbook example might be the denar /pfennig of the earlier phases of the German empire.&nbsp; Here&#039;s one.[ATTACH=full]1270266[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1270267[/ATTACH]</p><p>Duchy of Saxony.&nbsp; Hermann Billung (1059-1086).&nbsp; AR denar /pfennig of Jever (in Frisia).</p><p>Obv. Hermann facing, crowned.&nbsp; +HEREMON.</p><p>Rev. (from 9 o&#039;clock: ) +[GE]HEREI.&nbsp; (Dannenberg 597.)</p><p>Regarding the denomination, it&#039;s effectively the same dynamic as with the English penny.&nbsp; As with &#039;penny,&#039; &#039;pfennig&#039; is the Germanic word, while &#039;denar,&#039; and the French &#039;denier,&#039; etc., are from the usual, Latin suspect.&nbsp; At some point around the 12th-13th centuries, it becomes more common for the same German denomination to be referred to as &#039;pfennigs.&#039;&nbsp; But in modern times, pfennigs were commonly abbreviated as &quot;d.,&quot; exactly as English pennies were before decimalization.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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