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| 背面描述 | A bold cross pattée occupying the central field, enclosed within a plain circle or inner ring, with concave triangular spaces between the arms. A small central boss marks the intersection of the arms. The design is plain and unadorned, without legend or additional ornament, consistent with the minimalist reverse types employed on Frankfurt Heller coinage of the late 14th century. |
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| 铸造量 | ND (1378-1400) |
| 附加信息 |
Frankfurt's heller coinage of this period occupied an awkward monetary position — too small for serious commerce, too silver to ignore. The heller denomination itself originated in Schwäbisch Hall, where it was struck from the early thirteenth century before spreading across the Holy Roman Empire as a common fractional unit. By Frankfurt's adoption, the type had already been debased and reimagined dozens of times by different issuing authorities, each adjusting fineness to local economic pressures.
The late fourteenth century was a particularly turbulent period for Frankfurt's civic finances, with the city navigating the aftermath of the Black Death's labor disruptions and ongoing tension with the surrounding imperial nobility over toll rights on the Main.