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1 Pfennig - Conrad III of Dhaun
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Mainz |
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| Year | 1419-1434 |
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| Reference(s) | Walther#129 |
| Obverse description | Bracteate type struck in thin silver. Central field bears the crowned and surmounted shield of Mainz, displaying the characteristic six-spoked wheel of Mainz in the inescutcheon, topped by an elaborate crested helmet or mitre finial. The entire device is enclosed within a beaded inner border, itself surrounded by a further raised beaded outer rim. The flan is irregular, characteristic of hand-struck medieval bracteate coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Conrad III of Dhaun held the Archbishopric of Mainz through one of its most administratively turbulent stretches — his tenure coincided with the Council of Constance's aftermath and ongoing friction between the imperial church and secular territorial powers in the Rhine region. Mainz was among the most politically consequential of the ecclesiastical electorates, and its small silver issues functioned as much as jurisdictional markers as they did exchange currency.
The Walther 129 attribution places this within a documented sequence, though die variation across Conrad's pfennig coinage is considerable and attribution to specific mint years within the 1419–1434 range remains difficult without die study.