Penny of Emperor Conrad II

A German penny struck in Duisburg by Conrad II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of Germany from 1024 to 1039. On the front of the coin is the face of a bearded man wearing a crown on his head, shown from the front. On the back, there is the text DIVS/BVR(G) in the shape of a cross, referring to the minting location in Duisburg, present-day Germany. The corners of the cross also have half-arches, two of which have a bird inside them and the other two a person’s face.

This was one of the 126 coins included in a hoard found during ditch digging in Luurila, Hattula, in 1906. Most of the coins were German and Islamic, but there were also some English, Byzantine and Bohemian coins, for example. In addition, silver, jewellery and pearls were found in the hoard. The objects had been hidden sometime after 1036.