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1 Pfennig - Conrad II of Rietberg
| Issuer | Bishopric of Osnabrück |
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| Year | 1270-1297 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Within a Romanesque architectural frame consisting of two columns supporting a round arch composed of a plain inner line and an outer beaded border, a six-spoked wheel stands centrally, symbolising the arms of the city of Osnabrück. Above the arch rises a tower with three windows and a pointed shingled roof terminating in a cross finial, which divides the circumscribing legend at the apex. Flanking the tower, a horizontal bar on each side bears a fluttering pennant flag. Abbreviated city wall elements are indicated by two small projecting ticks at approximately the level of the column capitals on either side of the composition. |
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Conrad II of Rietberg held the Osnabrück see during a period when the bishops of the region were actively asserting temporal authority against encroaching secular lords, particularly the competing claims of the Counts of Tecklenburg. Small silver pfennigs of this type functioned as instruments of that authority — minted right was lordship made tangible. The nearly thirty-year span of this issue suggests die production was intermittent rather than continuous, which accounts for the variation in flan quality and weight consistency documented across the Kennepohl series.