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1 Pfennig - Louis II
| Issuer | Bavaria, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1253-1255 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Bust of a monk in profile facing right, depicted in high relief with boldly rendered drapery folds suggesting a cowl or habit. The figure occupies the majority of the broadly irregular flan, with the head rendered in a schematic Romanesque style typical of mid-13th century Bavarian bracteate-related coinage. No surrounding legend is present; the design fills the field without inscriptions. |
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| Mintage | ND (1253-1255) |
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Louis II of Bavaria — known as "the Stern" — issued these small silver pfennigs during a period when he held the duchy jointly with his brother Heinrich XIII before a formal territorial division was negotiated in 1255. The partition agreement that year, splitting Bavaria into upper and lower duchies, makes precise attribution of bracteate and pfennig issues from this window genuinely difficult; Witt #59 represents one of the few types assignable to Louis specifically within that contested window.