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| Emittent | Abbey of Corvey |
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| Jahr | 1272-1306 |
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| Referenz(en) | Weing Corvey#18 |
| Aversbeschreibung | Frontal enthroned figure of Abbot Henry III, depicted in pontifical vestments with mitre, shown in a hieratic, Romanesque style typical of late 13th-century ecclesiastical coinage. The abbot is seated in a formal pose with hands raised or holding attributes of office, flanked by stylized decorative elements in the field. The legend HENRICVS ABBAS runs around the periphery, partially visible on the irregular flan. The striking is characteristic of hammered bracteate-influenced pfennig production of the period. |
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| Averslegende | HENRICVS ABBAS |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
Corvey, once among the most powerful Benedictine houses in Saxony, had long held minting rights granted by the Ottonian emperors, but by the late thirteenth century the abbey's authority was in serious decline — squeezed between the ambitions of the Prince-Bishops of Paderborn and the expanding territorial reach of secular lords. Henry III of Homburg served as Prince-Abbot during a period when such bracteate-style pfennigs were the dominant small denomination across Westphalian ecclesiastical mints, their thin fabric a direct consequence of the regional shift away from the thicker penny tradition of earlier centuries.