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Netherlands Denar Friesland / Dokkum, Count Ekbert II, 1068–1077 UNC/UNC
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Obv: + ECBERTVS.
Rev: +DOGGINGVN
Netherlands / Margraviate of Frisia, Dokkum Count Ekbert II (1068–1077) Denar – A Well-Preserved Numismatic Piece
Introduction
Offered here is a silver denar struck at Dokkum in Friesland for Count Ekbert II (1068–1077), the last of the Brunonen counts in Frisia. It is catalogued as Ilisch 22.5, Dannenberg type 528, and weighs 0.57 g. The coin is offered in uncirculated / uncirculated condition. Coins of Ekbert II are among the most attractive Frisian types of the Salian period, with their striking facing portraits.
Description
The obverse shows a crowned bust facing, within a beaded circle, with the legend + ECBERTVS, naming Count Ekbert. The facing crowned bust follows the imperial type of Goslar under King Henry III. The reverse shows the facing busts of the apostles Simon and Judas, with a cross above, and the legend +DOGGINGVN, the medieval name of Dokkum (Doggingun). The portrait and the saints' busts are clearly visible on a thin flan with unworn, attractive silver surfaces.
Historical Context
Ekbert II (also called Egbert), born about 1060, was the son of Ekbert I of the Brunonen, the Saxon comital family based around Brunswick, and of Irmgard of Susa. Still a minor, he succeeded his father on 11 January 1068 in the family lands around Brunswick, in the Frisian counties of Middle Frisia, and as Margrave of Meissen. He married Oda, daughter of Otto of Weimar-Orlamünde. He was the last male of the Brunonen line to hold the Frisian counties.
He became one of the leading Saxon opponents of King Henry IV, a close relative. After the Saxon rising of the 1070s he was deprived of Meissen, which the king granted to Vratislaus of Bohemia; Ekbert recovered the march, but a Frisian county in his possession was confiscated and given to the Bishop of Utrecht. In the following years his stance shifted more than once: he supported, then withdrew from, the anti-kings Rudolf of Rheinfelden and Hermann of Salm, and was briefly reconciled with Henry in 1085 and again in 1087. In 1088 he was outlawed by a court of princes at Quedlinburg and deprived of Meissen and his remaining Frisian lands; the sentence was repeated at Regensburg. On 3 July 1090, while in flight, he was killed, according to most accounts in the Selke valley in the Harz. His remaining possessions passed to his sister Gertrude.
Dokkum, in the north of Oostergo, was an important trading place and religious centre, linked with the memory of Saint Boniface, who was martyred there in 754, and one of the busiest Frisian mints of the eleventh century. Its medieval name appears on this coin as Doggingun.
Numismatic Details
Denomination: denar (penny). Mint: Dokkum, Friesland. Authority: Count Ekbert II (1068–1077). Reference: Ilisch 22.5; Dannenberg type 528. Weight: 0.57 g. The type with the facing busts of Simon and Judas, used also at Stavoren, where those apostles were the patrons of the church, appears at Dokkum with the mint name DOGGINGVN. Frisian denars of this period circulated widely in the North Sea and Baltic trade.
Cultural and Political Symbolism
Unlike the earlier Frisian denars of Bruno III, which named King Henry III on the obverse, this coin bears Ekbert's own name and facing portrait, with the mint and the apostles on the reverse. At a time when the count stood in open conflict with the king, that choice was a clear statement of independent princely authority in Frisia.
Conclusion
This Dokkum denar of Ekbert II is a well-preserved example of Frisian coinage of the Salian era, of the distinctive saints' type, in uncirculated / uncirculated condition. It will make a fine addition to any collection of medieval coins of the Netherlands and Germany.
Rev: +DOGGINGVN
Netherlands / Margraviate of Frisia, Dokkum Count Ekbert II (1068–1077) Denar – A Well-Preserved Numismatic Piece
Introduction
Offered here is a silver denar struck at Dokkum in Friesland for Count Ekbert II (1068–1077), the last of the Brunonen counts in Frisia. It is catalogued as Ilisch 22.5, Dannenberg type 528, and weighs 0.57 g. The coin is offered in uncirculated / uncirculated condition. Coins of Ekbert II are among the most attractive Frisian types of the Salian period, with their striking facing portraits.
Description
The obverse shows a crowned bust facing, within a beaded circle, with the legend + ECBERTVS, naming Count Ekbert. The facing crowned bust follows the imperial type of Goslar under King Henry III. The reverse shows the facing busts of the apostles Simon and Judas, with a cross above, and the legend +DOGGINGVN, the medieval name of Dokkum (Doggingun). The portrait and the saints' busts are clearly visible on a thin flan with unworn, attractive silver surfaces.
Historical Context
Ekbert II (also called Egbert), born about 1060, was the son of Ekbert I of the Brunonen, the Saxon comital family based around Brunswick, and of Irmgard of Susa. Still a minor, he succeeded his father on 11 January 1068 in the family lands around Brunswick, in the Frisian counties of Middle Frisia, and as Margrave of Meissen. He married Oda, daughter of Otto of Weimar-Orlamünde. He was the last male of the Brunonen line to hold the Frisian counties.
He became one of the leading Saxon opponents of King Henry IV, a close relative. After the Saxon rising of the 1070s he was deprived of Meissen, which the king granted to Vratislaus of Bohemia; Ekbert recovered the march, but a Frisian county in his possession was confiscated and given to the Bishop of Utrecht. In the following years his stance shifted more than once: he supported, then withdrew from, the anti-kings Rudolf of Rheinfelden and Hermann of Salm, and was briefly reconciled with Henry in 1085 and again in 1087. In 1088 he was outlawed by a court of princes at Quedlinburg and deprived of Meissen and his remaining Frisian lands; the sentence was repeated at Regensburg. On 3 July 1090, while in flight, he was killed, according to most accounts in the Selke valley in the Harz. His remaining possessions passed to his sister Gertrude.
Dokkum, in the north of Oostergo, was an important trading place and religious centre, linked with the memory of Saint Boniface, who was martyred there in 754, and one of the busiest Frisian mints of the eleventh century. Its medieval name appears on this coin as Doggingun.
Numismatic Details
Denomination: denar (penny). Mint: Dokkum, Friesland. Authority: Count Ekbert II (1068–1077). Reference: Ilisch 22.5; Dannenberg type 528. Weight: 0.57 g. The type with the facing busts of Simon and Judas, used also at Stavoren, where those apostles were the patrons of the church, appears at Dokkum with the mint name DOGGINGVN. Frisian denars of this period circulated widely in the North Sea and Baltic trade.
Cultural and Political Symbolism
Unlike the earlier Frisian denars of Bruno III, which named King Henry III on the obverse, this coin bears Ekbert's own name and facing portrait, with the mint and the apostles on the reverse. At a time when the count stood in open conflict with the king, that choice was a clear statement of independent princely authority in Frisia.
Conclusion
This Dokkum denar of Ekbert II is a well-preserved example of Frisian coinage of the Salian era, of the distinctive saints' type, in uncirculated / uncirculated condition. It will make a fine addition to any collection of medieval coins of the Netherlands and Germany.
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