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Author Topic: Bracteat? Gotland-Sweden?  (Read 902 times)

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mordor

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Bracteat? Gotland-Sweden?
« on: July 28, 2012, 02:04:45 am »
Can anybody give any attribution? The stile of the image reminds me about early issues from Gotland-Sweden.
The coin seems to be one-sided.
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Offline WelfIV

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Re: Bracteat? Gotland-Sweden?
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2012, 07:30:48 am »
Hi,

what metal is it?
From the photo and according to the patina it looks like bronze or a similar base metal.

Peter
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mordor

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Re: Bracteat? Gotland-Sweden?
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2012, 12:55:12 pm »
I have no means to be sure but visually I can say that the content of silver is very low or there is no silver at all.
Visually the material reminds the coinage of lets say- Reval under Sweden in 1570s.
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Offline Jim Roberts

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Re: Bracteat? Gotland-Sweden?
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2012, 07:55:58 pm »
When you say it's one-sided do you mean that the other side is blank or that it's an incuse version of the obverse side?

I've never seen a bracteate with a neat and precise dentillated border like yours.  Very, very odd.  I really wonder if it's a monetary item at all.  Just wondering, what's the diameter and weight?

Jim

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