help identify small european coin

[larsporsenna]

17  mm
and 1.3  grams
i have no idea
thanks porsenna

[elgitano]

Hi

It reminds me a pfennig of LUDWIG VON HESSEN, 1310-1357, similar to this:

http://www.mcsearch.info/record.html?id=37602

Regards.

[rick2]

hmmmm

to me it looks quite modern , maybe a token or a restrike of some kind

[larsporsenna]

hello again
anything is possible?
its good  silver..a bit overcleaned???
the bishop is holding a very large staff.
and i can see r v ? above  the book on the other side
porsenna

[WelfIV]

Hi,

Germany, Abbey of Herford
Pfennig
I can't read the inscription and in the small photo I can't see if the Abbess holds a banner, but most probably it is from the time of Abbess Irmgard von Wittgenstein and Archbishop Wigbold von Holte (1297-1304).

Btw., the style looks ok for me.
Here you can see a very similar Pfennig to compare:
http://www.mcsearch.info/record.html?id=140056

Greetings,
Peter

[larsporsenna]

thank you!
please, if  you know..

how  do  the legends read?

porsenna

[WelfIV]

Hello,

according to Walter Hävernick's "Die Münzen von Köln" the inscriptions are:
+WICBOLDVS EPISCOP and +ABATI(SSA)hERV
(or similar)
Hävernick also writes that the flans of the coins always are smaller than the dies so that the inscriptions can only be read partially.

Peter