Swabia (Esslingen) AR Denar ND (c. 950-1000) - Anonymous
0.86g. XF/XF.
Obv.: Cross pattée with pellets in quarters; blundered legend.
Rev.: Stylized facade of the church with four columns, cross in centre; “+(ESCE)LINGA”.
The type comes from the Carolingian “XPISTIANA RELIGIO” of Emperor Louis I, 814-840.
Dannenberg 949 var.
Issue historically associated with present-day Germany.