Pomerania (14)94 schilling
This specimen was lot 6356 in CNG Triton XXVIII (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $367.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY, Pommern (Duchy). Bogislaw X. 1474-1523. AR Schilling. Damm mint. Dated 1494. Griffin left / Coat-of-arms over long cross pattée. Toned, minor green deposits. Near EF. From the Robert Levinson Collection." Bogislaw X (1454-1523) was duke of Pomerania-Barth (from 1474), Pomerania-Wolgast and Pomerania-Stettin (from 1478), successfully uniting the splinters for the first time in several centuries. The ruling dynasty, which fell extinct in 1637, called itself the Griffins after the device on the reverse. In 1531, Pomerania would be divided once again. This is a very early dated coin.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 21 mm diameter, 1.26 g, 12 h axis.
Catalog reference: Levinson I-320.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Levinson, Robert, The Early Dated Coins of Europe, 1234-1500: An Illustrated Catalogue and Guide to dated medieval coinage. Clifton, NJ: Coin & Currency Institute, 2007.
- Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
- [1]Gasvoda, Michael, Victor England, Eric McFadden, Dave Michaels, Bill Dalzell and Lance Hickman, Triton XXVIII, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, LLC, 2024.
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