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Objekt 8130

Middle Ages

Description

Ingots and coins

In medieval Europe silver denarii or pennies were used for everyday purposes at local markets and in towns. In long distance trade merchants also relied on non-standardized silver ingots and old coins measured by weight to settle larger transactions.

Object description

upper level on the right:

Thuringian bracteates and hack-silver

Altenburg, Meissen and Zeitz, pennies of royal mint and that of the marquises of Meisen, as well as two cut half pennies of the mint of the bishops of Naumburg-Zeitz, c. 1200/1220

Spain. silver bar and fragments of Arab dirhams, c. 11th cent.

Inv. 1918.4155., 1918.4154., 2008.311., 2006.262.1.-3.

Audios

Berliner Philharmoniker, Dir. Jonathan Nott The Ligeti Project 2, 2002, Teldec 8573-88261-2

Berliner Philharmoniker, Dir. Jonathan Nott The Ligeti Project 2, 2002, Teldec 8573-88261-2

Berliner Philharmoniker, Dir. Jonathan Nott The Ligeti Project 2, 2002, Teldec 8573-88261-2

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