Imitation denar (Poland? Pomerania?)

West Slawen (Pomerania? Poland?) imitation of OAP denar.

The weight of the coin suggests it was struck in the first half of the 11th century.

 NOTE: Such imitations are found en masse in the Pomeranian and Great Poland areas. The raised edges of the coin are not typical of Pomeranian workshops. Imitations of OAP denarii were very popular in the second decade of the 11th century in Greater Poland. Characteristic notches (punches) visible en masse on the coin prove that it was used in the Baltic region.

OBVERSE: One-sided coin: chapel

Traces of pseudolegend

Weight 1, 60 G, Diameter 17 MM

- Genowefa Horoszko, Problem chronologii zachodniosłowiańskich naśladownictw monetarnych w świetle skarbu z Łupawy, „Materiały Zachodniopomorskie”. Nowa Seria, t. XVII: 2021.

- Mateusz Bogucki i Jacek Magiera, Lund – Odense – Lund – Kołobrzeg. Danish inluences in the Zemuzil Bomeraniorum Coinage, in: W: T. Talvio, M. Wijk (ed.), Myntstudier. Festskrift till Kenneth Jonsson, Stockholm, p. 119–128.

- Frühmittelalterliche Münzfunde aus Pommern. . Inventar II. Pommern,Warszawa 2016, (from Lupawa hoard – similar.

 - ex ebay.pl from stanleyke (Germany). May 2024. 

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