Gerhard of Jülich acquired Ravensberg through his marriage to Margarethe of Ravensberg in 1346, and this pfennig belongs to the coinage he issued in that county's name during the years he held it. The county passed to his Jülich-Berg successors and was eventually absorbed into the broader Jülich-Kleve-Berg complex — making coins struck under direct Jülich administration of Ravensberg a relatively narrow chronological window.
Stange 38 is among the more precisely attributable types from this transitional period in Westphalian numismatics.
Gerhard of Jülich acquired Ravensberg through his marriage to Margarethe of Ravensberg in 1346, and this pfennig belongs to the coinage he issued in that county's name during the years he held it. The county passed to his Jülich-Berg successors and was eventually absorbed into the broader Jülich-Kleve-Berg complex — making coins struck under direct Jülich administration of Ravensberg a relatively narrow chronological window.
Stange 38 is among the more precisely attributable types from this transitional period in Westphalian numismatics.