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1 Pfennig - Adolphus I Iserlohn
| Issuer | County of Mark |
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| Year | 1223-1248 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig |
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| Obverse description | Facing crowned bust of Count Adolphus I rendered in a schematic medieval style, with the crown depicted as a simple coronet above a broad, stylized face. Pellets ornament the face and crown in the field. The bust is centered within a beaded inner circle, with a partial Latin legend arranged around the periphery reading ADOLFO or similar, with letters visible in segments around the border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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Adolf I of the County of Mark — not to be confused with the later Adolf II — presided over a period of aggressive territorial consolidation in Westphalia, and the coins struck under his authority reflect a regional minting culture still deeply rooted in Carolingian weight traditions despite the denomination's nominal debasement elsewhere in the Holy Roman Empire. Iserlohn itself was a fortified mining settlement, and access to local silver almost certainly influenced the decision to strike there rather than at the county seat.