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Treasure of coins

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In 1969, during construction work in Pyrzyce, a treasure of late medieval coins was discovered. In a small clay pot, there were small, inscriptionless Pomeranian denarii, called Vinkenaugen. They were accompanied by few foreign coins from Poland, Brandenburg, Saxony and Sweden. Part of the find was dispersed, but eventually, 2588 coins and a large vessel fragment found their way to the museum collection. All the coins in the treasure are uniform in style, not neatly minted and not very sophisticated in content. The denarii of Pomeranian towns and cities, especially Szczecin (782 items), Pyrzyce (367 items) and Stargard (110 items), dominate in number. The remaining coins come from the mints of the bishops of Kamień (267 items) and the minting workshops of Pomeranian dukes. Dukes, granting minting privileges to towns, ordered the griffin sign to be placed on the stamp as the state and dynasty emblem. The main side of the denarii bore the symbol of the city, in Szczecin - a three-tower gate with a helmet in the clearance, Pyrzyce - a rosette, or Stargard - a star, while the reverse bore the image of a walking griffin. The chronological span of the set is approximately 100 years, but most of its components are close to the second half of the 14th century. The identification of the oldest coin is not very precise due to the anonymous nature of Vinkenaugen. It is assumed, through another dating such as foreign coins bearing the ruler's name on them, that the treasure was hidden after 1405-1410. The Pyrzyce treasure presents a denary picture of Pomeranian minting at the turn of the 14th/15th century. It was the period of the most remarkable development of cities, which, thanks to the Duke's grants and privileges, achieved great political and economic independence. Attention is drawn to the numerous denarii of the Kamień Pomorski, bishops which stemmed from minting rights resulting from their jurisdiction over the Kołobrzeg and Kamień Pomorski lands.

Genowefa Horoszko

Information about the object

Information about this object Treasure of coins

Author / creator

Magnus Eriksson, król Szwecji (1316-1374) (emitent)
Birger I Magnusson, król Szwecji (1280-1321) (emitent)
Eryk II, książę Saksonii-Lauenburg-Ratzeburg (1318 lub 1320-1368) (emitent)
Eryk I, książę Saksonii-Lauenburg-Ratzeburg (około 1280-1361) (emitent)
Arnsberg, Gottfried von (1285-1349) (biskup jako emitent)
Kazimierz III Wielki, król Polski (1310-1370) (emitent)
Barnim VIII, książę bardowski (1405-1451) (emitent)
Szczecin

Dimensions

cały obiekt:

Object type

vessel, coin

Technique

minting, firing in redox atmosphere, forming

Material

silver, ceramic

Creation time / dating

1290 — 1410

Creation / finding place

powstanie: Pomorze Zachodnie, region historyczny (Europa), Wolin (województwo zachodniopomorskie) (wybicie), Trzebiatów (województwo zachodniopomorskie) (wybicie), Stargard (województwo zachodniopomorskie) (wybicie), Pyrzyce (województwo zachodniopomorskie) (wybicie), Goleniów (województwo zachodniopomorskie) (wybicie), Barth (Europa, Niemcy, Meklemburgia-Pomorze Przednie, powiat Vorpommern-Rügen) (wybicie), Wolgast (Europa, Niemcy, Meklemburgia-Pomorze Przednie, powiat Vorpommern-Greifswald) (wybicie), Demmin (Europa, Niemcy, Meklemburgia-Pomorze Przednie, powiat Mecklemburgische Seenplatte) (wybicie), Poznań (województwo wielkopolskie), Kalisz (województwo wielkopolskie), Szczecin (województwo zachodniopomorskie) (wybicie), Usedom (Niemcy) (wybicie), Królestwo Polskie (państwo historyczne, Europa); znalezienie: Pyrzyce (województwo zachodniopomorskie)

Owner

National Museum in Szczecin

Identification number

MNS/N/6650/1-2589

Location / status

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