GERMANY, Aachen (Reichsmünzstätte). Friedrich I Barbarossa. 1152-1190. AR Pfennig (18mm, 1.50 g, 2h).

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Lot: 122. Estimated: $ 300

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GERMANY, Aachen (Reichsmünzstätte). Friedrich I Barbarossa. 1152-1190. AR Pfennig (18mm, 1.50 g, 2h). FPICЄR AVC IPЄIN (C and Є retrograde), Friedrich enthroned facing, scepter and globus cruciger / + POMΛ[...]O VNDI, view of palace with four towers; star above. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 169; Menadier 33a var. (obv. legend); Förschner 8 var. (same). Lightly toned. Good VF.

From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Ex Eslen FPL 231 (January–March 2005), no. 618.

A charming type depicting one of the greatest Holy Roman Emperors, Frederick I Barbarosa, enthroned on the obverse and, on the reverse, a view of the Imperial palace at Aachen, typical of other architectural types of this period with their ‘wonderfully elaborate patterns of tower, cupolas, walls and arcades.’ Grierson, p. 83.

Closing Date and Time: 25 March 2020 at 10:40:20 ET.

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