Viking-age coin

[Bard Gauden]

Hi

Earlier this evening I found my first hammered silver coin!
It is not fully identified yet but it was most likely minted about year 900-1000AD, in Köln, Germany, By Otto I, II or III.
The coin is about 18-19mm in diameter, or a bit less than 4/5 of an inch I think.


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[goldkey]

Interesting coin.....great find!!

 

[mangum]

Great find! I'm drooling! Congrats!

 

[garryson]

Congrats on the first hammered silver coin!
Thanks for sharing with us.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Congrats! That's awesome!

 

[Mackaydon]

Welcome to Treasure Net !!
I'd vote for Otto III ( 983-1002); similar to this denar (no date) from Cologne ('Koln'):

Don....

 

[Mackaydon]

Here's some added history:
Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (English: colony of Claudius and altar of the Agrippinians) was the name of the Roman colony in the Rhineland that was later to become the modern city of Cologne. The inscription S / COLONII / A on the reverse of this medieval pfennig still relates to that name (Sancta Colonia Agrippina).
Emperor Otto the Great (936-973) had reestablished a mint in Cologne, and commissioned it to issue pfennigs with the traditional Colonia monogram. Since then Cologne was one of the major mints in the Holy Roman Empire, and the Cologne pfennigs were frequently copied.
If your coin is authentic, as I think it is, it will weigh about 1.3g,, be about 21mm in diameter and be composed of Silver.
The coin is sometimes referred to as a denarius or pfennig.


Don

 

[CRUSADER]

Well, it might open the flood gates for more. Big congrats on a hard to find period!

 

[jamey]

sweet....

 

[IAMZIM]

Very cool! I VERY much want to find something "Viking" one day.....

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

I hope my first hammered is half as nice. Congrats on a fantastic find.
ZDD

 

[myfantasia1]

wow you guys have such old coins

 

[Westfront]

Congrats on a great coin! hammereds of this period are somewhat rare! Hope you get many more!