Medieval coin? And weekend silvers

rebbel31 · Nov 9, 2020

Went woods hunting around a 1000 year old castle and my digging partner believes I've found a very old medieval coin I'm not sure so I thought I'd post.

Coin?

Here are some that I'm sure of. German silver's

Twas a good weekend. Thanks for replies!

Joe-Dirt · Nov 12, 2020

Outstanding!!!!! You boys in Europe have some nice old stuff to find!! I’d love to detect across the pond some day

rebbel31 · Nov 12, 2020

Westfront said:
No worries! It's a Brakteat for sure. We call them "Hohlpfennig". https://www.google.com/search?q=hoh...QaZuqnIAM&bih=728&biw=1344&client=firefox-b-d

Some are quite valuable and hundreds of different ones out there... Good find and congrats on all that silver!

Thx Lu , refreshing to know it's an actual coin. Now the hunt to discover what it is!

rebbel31 · Nov 15, 2020

I've looked through 1000s of these thing can't find this one. I searched treasurenet for bracteate and there's 1 from 2008. Haha. Dang the search continues.....

pepperj · Nov 15, 2020

Congrats on the silver and especially the bracteate. Something different for sure and didn't even know they existed, most interesting post up.

E-Trac-Ohio · Nov 15, 2020

Outstanding finds - congrats !

Plumbata · Nov 15, 2020

rebbel31 said:
I searched treasurenet for bracteate and there's 1 from 2008. Haha. Dang the search continues.....

Only the 2nd in 12 years lol, rarer than platinum it seems!

I'd try contacting specialist collectors with your pictures, it's an arcane realm and probably even more difficult to navigate than newbies with no language/alphabet exposure trying to identify random ancient Greek coins. Generally speaking collectors like helping with identification of their favored items and enjoy sharing their interests, so don't be shy and keep us updated!

rebbel31 · Nov 17, 2020

pepperj said:
Congrats on the silver and especially the bracteate. Something different for sure and didn't even know they existed, most interesting post up.

I didn't know they existed either. If I were not with my digging partner I would have assumed it was a button or decoration. I'm on a German treasure Hunter site, an English one, and tnet, and I've not seen another posted. Elusive little buggers.

Westfront · Nov 17, 2020

Am i really the first here? I think with only one posted on T-Net in 2008 and probably a rare one with no match found it's worth to be on top.
I put in a vote. :occasion14:

vpone · Nov 17, 2020

great finds - very nice!

vp

eyemustdigtreasure · Nov 17, 2020

Very cool stuff! :icon_thumright:

If its silver, then it might be a coin, but the reverse is....weird, but quite old...!!

CRUSADER · Nov 18, 2020

Westfront said:
Am i really the first here? I think with only one posted on T-Net in 2008 and probably a rare one with no match found it's worth to be on top.
I put in a vote.

I wish we could find a match.
I had no idea it was a coin to begin with.
I now know it's rare, or very rare or Ex Rare, but which is it?
Must be an expert out there somewhere.
I'll vote, I thought about it, but I just like to know exactly what I'm voting on...

rebbel31 · Nov 18, 2020

eyemustdigtreasure said:
Very cool stuff!
If its silver, then it might be a coin, but the reverse is....weird, but quite old...!!

Yeah I had no clue it was a coin either. They are call hohlpfennig in German which means hollow penny. The back is just a reverse of the front as they are meant t be one-sided. It's definitely silver , from my searching it resembles others from the 1400's. Still searching for a match though.

rebbel31 · Nov 19, 2020

Westfront said:
Am i really the first here? I think with only one posted on T-Net in 2008 and probably a rare one with no match found it's worth to be on top.
I put in a vote.

Thanks for the consideration. It's certainly "Hard to find"