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1 Pfennig
| Issuer | Selz, Abbey of |
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| Year | 1250-1299 |
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| Currency | Pfennig |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of an abbot or bishop depicted in schematic, low-relief style characteristic of late 13th-century Alsatian bracteate-influenced coinage. The figure displays a bearded face rendered with punched dot eyes and simple linear features, flanked by what appear to be stylized vestment elements or crosier details on either side. The design occupies the central field of the irregularly flan with no surrounding legend. The overall composition is typical of the small anonymous ecclesiastical pfennigs struck in the Upper Rhine region during this period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Abbey of Selz, founded by Empress Adelaide in 991 on the Rhine plain of Alsace, held minting rights as part of its imperial endowment. By the second half of the thirteenth century, small ecclesiastical mints like Selz were producing bracteate and near-bracteate pfennigs that served intensely local circulation — many never traveled more than a few villages from the striking hammer. The Bonhoff and Nesselhauf references place this piece within a documented but sparsely surviving type.