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