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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 633/664 according to the classification of M. Gumowski CNP. By authors of Inventar I  s. 712, nr. 95-108 probably minted in Greater Poland province after 1090 year.

Poznań mint?

AWERS: Patriarchal cross surrounded by pearls with little crosses between its arms.

Traces of pseudolegend

REVERSE: Knight's cross with two little crosses and two pastorals between ts arms

Traces of pseudolegend?

Silver, diameter   12,5 MM, weight  0,90 G

- ex numimarket.pl from  Silesia. NK (Poland). July 2025. 300 PLN

Literature:

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

- Frühmittelalterliche Münzfunde aus Polen. Inventar I. Grosspolen, Warszawa 2017.

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

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