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1 Pfennig - Henry I of Bilversheim
| Issuer | Bishopric of Bamberg |
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| Year | 1242-1257 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | An eagle displayed with outspread wings is depicted in the central field, its head turned to the sinister. The design is enclosed within a line circle. Six-pointed stars are arranged around the outer edge of the coin. The eagle, a heraldic symbol associated with imperial and episcopal authority, is rendered in a stylised Romanesque manner consistent with mid-thirteenth-century Bamberg coinage. No legend appears on this side. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Henry I of Bilversheim governed the Bishopric of Bamberg during a period when Emperor Frederick II's authority over the German church was actively contested, and episcopal mints operated with considerable autonomy as a result. Bamberg's bishops had held minting rights since the diocese's foundation by Henry II in 1007, making this among the longer-uninterrupted ecclesiastical minting traditions in the region.
The Krug reference places this among a narrow documented group; Bamberg bracteate-adjacent issues of this weight range are frequently misattributed in trade.