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1 Pfennig - Otto I and Otto II

Issuer Palatinate-Mosbach-Neumarkt
Year 1410-1461
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Weight 0.48 g
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Obverse description Bipartite shield displaying the combined arms of Palatinate-Mosbach-Neumarkt: to the left, a rampant lion, and to the right, the Bavarian lozengy pattern of alternating diagonal rows. The shield is suspended by decorative foliate or interlaced scroll-work above, with a Gothic minuscule letter 'O' pendant below the shield in the field, serving as an initial mark for the issuing counts Otto I and Otto II.
Obverse script Latin
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Palatinate-Mosbach-Neumarkt was a short-lived partition of the Palatinate Wittelsbach holdings, created in 1410 when Elector Ludwig III divided territories among his brothers. Otto I received Mosbach and later Neumarkt; his son Otto II continued the line until his death in 1461 extinguished the branch entirely, reverting the lands to the main Palatinate line. The fifty-year joint attribution on this pfennig reflects the difficulty of assigning undated bracteate-era small silver to specific reigns within a dynastic co-issue sequence.

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