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SILVER COIN (MV s.n.*/MLDP9806)

Type: Silver coin, so-called penny.

Use: Means of payment.

Site: Raisio, Tuomala hoard (1835).

Period: Viking Age.

Dating: Early 11th century A.D.

Size: Diameter 18 mm. (half)

Weight: 1.01 g.

Photographer: Antti Huittinen.

This coin was issued in Brussels which in that time belonged to the Holy Roman Empire. On the obverse there is a cross motif (not clearly visible) and on the reverse can be seen the beginning of the name of the city, BRVOC - -. Among the ca. 3,000 German coins found in Finland there are half a dozen from Brussels.

Sources:

• Salmo 1948: No. 9:1.

Other pictures:

• Penny from Tiel
• Penny from Cologne
• Penny from Cologne
• Penny from Dortmund
• Penny from Dortmund
• Penny from Goslar

* Inventory number: Suomen kansallismuseon rahakammio / Helsingin yliopiston kokoelma 1835.

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