Catalog
1 Penning - Niels Stigsen
| Issuer | Bishopric of Roskilde |
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| Year | 1234 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Reverse description | A bishop's miter is depicted centrally within an inner circle, shown frontally with its distinctive peaked form and decorative internal detail, rendered in the bold, schematic style typical of medieval Danish ecclesiastical issues. The miter symbolizes the episcopal authority of the issuing see of Roskilde. Surrounding the central device is a circular Latin legend recording the date in Roman numerals, separated by a beaded or twisted-wire border. The flan is irregular and the strike shows characteristic unevenness of hand-hammered medieval coinage. |
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| Mintage | 1234 - Only 7 examples known |
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Niels Stigsen held the see of Roskilde from 1234 to 1249, and episcopal coinage from Danish bishoprics in this period occupied a legally ambiguous space — minted under clerical authority yet circulating alongside royal issues in a monetary system still negotiating the boundaries between crown and church. Roskilde, as the seat of the most powerful diocese in Denmark and the burial site of Danish kings, carried weight that most episcopal mints did not.
The Frey New#1 attribution places this among the earliest documented issues of the type, suggesting it was struck close to the opening of Stigsen's episcopate.