en-us http://www.moneta-coins.com/photopost Wed, 08 May 2024 09:57:37 -0400 PhotoPost Pro 7.0 60 http://www.moneta-coins.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=2203&title=brandenburghohlpfennig&cat=910 <a href="http://www.moneta-coins.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=2203&amp;title=brandenburghohlpfennig&amp;cat=910"><img title="Ger_Brandenburg_ARpf.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.moneta-coins.com/photopost/data/910/thumbs/Ger_Brandenburg_ARpf.jpg" alt="Ger_Brandenburg_ARpf.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: Moneta<br /><br />Description: A silver bracteate pfennig of Brandenburg. I liked it because It evoked the beginnings of German coins that prominently feature a spread eagle. Struck under Friedrich II (1440 - 1470). 17.2 mm; .24 g; RX: incuse of obverse. Saurma #4675. Frederick II was born in Tangermünde to Frederick I, Brandenburg's first Hohenzollern ruler, and his wife Elizabet, nicknamed &quot;the Iron&quot; (der Eiserne) and sometimes &quot;Irontooth&quot; (Eisenzahn), was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from 1440 until his abdication in 1470, and was a member of the House of Hohenzollern.<br /><br />1 comment Moneta Sun, 04 Oct 2015 19:26:47 -0400