Pfennig "Vierzipfliger Löwenpfennig"
Features
| Issuer |
Counts of Habsburg-Laufenburg
(Aargau)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1201-1250 |
| Value | 1 Pfennig |
| Currency | Pfennig (12th-15th century) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 0.44 g |
| Shape | Round with 4 pinches |
| Technique | Hammered (bracteate) |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 187273 |
| References | HMZ 1# 116a Jürg Richter, Ruedi Kunzmann. Der neue HMZ-Katalog. Band 1 - Die Münzen der Schweiz : Antike bis Mittelalter. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (2 volumes).Friedrich Wielandt; 1976. Der Breisgauer Pfennig und seine Münzstätten: ein Beitrag zur Münz- und Geldgeschichte des Alemannenlandes im Mittelalter. Braun, Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. , Wielandt Lauf/Rhein# 15Friedrich Wielandt; 1978. Die Münzen von Laufenburg und Rheinau. Kricheldorf, Freiburg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. , DR 2# 180 Wolfgang Heß, Bernd Breyvogel, Michael Matzke; 2004. Dirham und Rappenpfennig 2 / Volume 19: Mittelalterliche Münzprägung in Südwestdeutschland. Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH, Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. |
Obverse
Lion walking left in pearl circle.
Reverse
Blank.
Comments
Likely minted by Albrecht IV of Habsburg (1232-1238) or Rudolf III of Habsburg (1240-1249).
Variations in style and weight exist:
• Variant 0.40g
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• Variant 0.42g
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• Variant 0.43g
© Image courtesy of Auctiones GmbH (http://www.auctiones.ch)
Variations in style and weight exist:
• Variant 0.40g
© Image courtesy of Auctiones GmbH (http://www.auctiones.ch)
• Variant 0.42g
© Image courtesy of Auctiones GmbH (http://www.auctiones.ch)
• Variant 0.43g
© Image courtesy of Auctiones GmbH (http://www.auctiones.ch)
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (1201-1250) | |||||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 94
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