POLAND, Pomorze (Pomerania). Circa 1069/70-1100. AR (18mm, 1.01 g). Łupawa type, imitating a Saxon pfennig of Naumburg or similar. VF.

Electronic Auction 531 – Session 2
Lot: 1462. Estimated: $ 150

The West Collection of Medieval Coinage, Silver

Sold For $ 300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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POLAND, Pomorze (Pomerania). Circa 1069/70-1100. AR (18mm, 1.01 g). Łupawa type, imitating a Saxon pfennig of Naumburg or similar. Short cross pattée; blundered Latin and pseudo-Kufic legend around / Short cross pattée; blundered Latin and pseudo-Kufic legend around. For context on the series, see: Mateusz Bogucki & Jack Magiera, “Lund – Odense – Lund – Kołobrzeg. Danish influences in the Zemuzil Bomeraniorum Coinage,” in Festkrift Till Kenneth Jonsson. 2015, p. 11-20. VF.

From the West Collection. Ex Kölner Münzkabinett Tyll Kroha 104 (2 December 2016), lot 664 (there as a generic Naumburg imitation).

In the mid-late 11th century, a fascinating and as-yet understudied series of imitative silver coins were struck in Pomerania, modern-day Poland. Known primarily from a hoard discovered at Łupawa in the late 19th-century, the series draws on Danish, German, English, and Hungarian types and is marked by crude styles, low-quality strikes, and haphazard mixing of obverse and reverse types. In rare cases, coins were even struck with dies taken from the Danish mints of Odense and Lund.

What little is known of the Pomeranian history comports with this unusual die sharing and type mixes. Pomerania at the time was a restive region and was often at odds with the Holy Roman Empire to their west. Yet they were also in close contact with Denmark and may have been allied with Sven Estridsen his conflict with rival king Magnus den Gode.

Closing Date and Time: 26 January 2023 at 12:33:40 ET.

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