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Facing bust of a ruler depicted in a schematic, stylized manner characteristic of late medieval German bracteate-influenced coinage. The figure wears a flat-topped crowned headpiece and displays flowing hair falling to either side of the face. The facial features — eyes, nose, and mouth — are rendered in a bold, crude relief typical of hammered Pfennig coinage of the Upper Palatinate. The bust is shown from the shoulders upward, centered in the field, with no surrounding legend. The flan is irregular and the surface shows the characteristic texture of hand-struck silver. |
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A rampant lion passant to the left, depicted in a highly stylized heraldic manner, fills the central field. The lion's mane is rendered with bold, flame-like projections, and its tail curves upward over the haunches. This device represents the Palatinate lion, the dynastic heraldic emblem of the Wittelsbach Counts Palatine of the Rhine. The field surrounding the lion features scattered pellets as decorative elements. No legend is present; the design is contained within the irregular flan typical of hammered medieval coinage. |
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The Upper Palatinate Pfennig of this period was struck under the authority of the Wittelsbach Electors at a moment of considerable dynastic overlap — Rupert II died in 1398, and Rupert III, who succeeded him as Elector Palatine, went on to become King of Germany in 1400 as Rupert of the Palatinate, the only reigning German king ever drawn from that branch of the Wittelsbachs. Coins attributable to both rulers share this type, making precise reign attribution difficult without die study.