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POLAND, Pomorze (Pomerania). Circa 1069/70-1100. AR Denar (18mm, 1.16 g). Łupawa type, imitating German types. Uncertain design (derived from a temple façade?) / Short cross with annulets in quarters. 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. Fine.
From the Allan Williams Collection. Ex William J. Conte ["Viking"] Collection (Spink 150, 14 March 2001), lot 1341 (part of).
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.
From the Allan Williams Collection. Ex William J. Conte ["Viking"] Collection (Spink 150, 14 March 2001), lot 1341 (part of).
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.