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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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| Value | 1 Denier (Pfennig) |
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| Obverse description | Frontal bust of a bishop in high relief, depicted in a highly stylized Romanesque manner, wearing a mitre adorned with a row of pellets along the crown. The figure holds a crozier to the left and raises the right hand in a gesture of benediction. The rendering is flat and schematic, characteristic of mid-13th century German ecclesiastical bracteate-influenced pfennig coinage. No surrounding legend is present, the design occupying the full hammered flan. |
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| Reverse description | A large patriarchal or processional cross dominates the center of the field, flanked on either side by stylized architectural or heraldic elements rendered in a schematic, angular fashion consistent with 13th century Bamberg episcopal coinage. To the lower left and lower right appear additional abbreviated motifs, possibly towers or column capitals. The overall composition is bold and symmetrical, with the design struck in low relief on the irregular hammered flan. No legend is present. |
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| Mintage | ND (1242-1257) |
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