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Polish (Greater Poland province) „cross denarius” with pearl cross

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Numerous coins of this type were minted in Saksony. However, there is no doubt that their youngest, dating from the turn of the 11th and 12th centuries, were mass-produced also in Poland. This coin represents CNP typ V according to the classification of M. Gumowski CNP. By authors of Inventar IV 29/49 minted in Greater Poland province after 1090 year.

AWERS: Patriarchal cross surrounded by pearls with two characteristic garlands.

Traces of pseudolegend 

REVERSE: Knight's cross with little crosses between the arms.

No pseudolegend

Silver, diameter   12,5 MM, weight 0,93 G

- ex numimarket.pl from Antykwariat ANKER Rafał Reda  (Poland). July 2025. 212 PLN

Literature:

- (CNP) M. Gumowski, Corpus Nummorum Poloniae. Zeszyt 1. Monety X i XI w, Kraków 1939.

- Frühmittelalterliche Münzfunde aus Polen. Inventar IV. Kleinpolen-Schlesien, Warszawa 2013.

Colección : POLAND - THE BEGINNINGS OF MINTING (UNTIL THE END OF 12TH CENTURY)

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