Catalog
Denier lily/gryphon
| Issuer | Demmin, City of |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Obverse description | A stylized lily rendered in relief at the center of the field, typical of medieval civic coinage. The design is rendered in a schematic, flat style characteristic of hammered billon deniers of the Pomeranian region. The flan is irregular with a heavily worn and porous surface, obscuring finer details. No legend or surrounding inscription is apparent. |
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| Mintage | ND |
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Demmin's civic coinage is closely tied to its position as a fortified Hanseatic town on the Peene River, where local commercial activity demanded small-change denominations that ducal and episcopal authorities rarely supplied reliably. The billon denier was the practical answer to that gap.
Koppmann's listing of this type reflects how thinly documented Pomeranian civic issues remain — most surviving specimens passed through very few collections before reaching modern catalogs.