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Offline Kim B. N

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A possible german viking era coins needs a littel help?
« on: March 09, 2014, 03:52:48 am »
Hi all.
 
Well as the topic states, i think this may be an german coin, at first i thougt it was Danish silver coin, from a hoard found back in 1910 in the city of Grenaa. But after some serious searching in the old books and a hint from and old friend of mine i/ we think its from South of the border.  ;D. I hope some one may share some ligt of this fine littel coin.  :)

Silver. 0.85 grams 1,8 cm.

Any help is as always very appreciated

Kind regards Kim

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Re: A possible german viking era coins needs a littel help?
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2014, 04:17:22 am »
Maybe this one from our early Saxon emperors:

Germany, Otto III (980-1002 AD.), mint in or near Goslar in Saxony, ca. 983-1002 AD.,
("Otto-Adelheid-") Pfennig (ca. 17,5 mm / ca. 1,2 g), silver
Obv.: + DI GRA(T) REX, cross, in the quarters O - D - O - D .
Rev.: + ATEAHLHT , wooden church, dot in center, one dot at either side, one step below.

Adelheid (Empress Adelaide of Italy (931 – 16 December 999), also called Adelaide of Burgundy), was the second wife of Holy Roman Emperor Otto the Great and was crowned as the Holy Roman Empress with him by Pope John XII in Rome on February 2, 962. She was the daughter-in-law of St. Queen Matilda of East Francia.

Empress Adelaide was perhaps the most prominent European woman of the 10th century; she was regent of the Holy Roman Empire as the guardian of her grandson in 991-995.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_III,_Holy_Roman_Emperor


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Re: A possible german viking era coins needs a littel help?
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2014, 12:42:19 pm »
Hello Arminius

Love the historie behind this Otto III/Adelheid,  i was looking for pictures of his/her coins, and found a an Arminius homepage is it yours?  :)

Cheers Kim

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Re: A possible german viking era coins needs a littel help?
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2014, 05:02:05 pm »
Hello Arminius

Love the historie behind this Otto III/Adelheid,  i was looking for pictures of his/her coins, and found a an Arminius homepage is it yours?  :)

Cheers Kim

Yes - but my piece has experienced a lot and is not at mint state any more.

That´s not a rare coin. There are many on mc.search.info:

http://www.mcsearch.info/search.html?search=Otto+Adelheid&view_mode=1&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ol=1&sort=&c=&a=&l=#0

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Re: A possible german viking era coins needs a littel help?
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2014, 09:01:29 pm »
Well thank God i am not collecting coins because i want to be rich, no i love the historie and the thought of what an coin like this could tell if us.   ;)

I just got 3 coins from Edward II I THINK? this night at my Coin Club. LOVE THEM!  ;D

Cheers Kim

 

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