Simon I ruled Lippe as lord from 1247 until his death in 1277, but his appearance as the named authority on a Paderborn episcopal issue reflects the tangled feudal jurisdictions of thirteenth-century Westphalia, where secular lords and bishop-princes frequently shared or contested minting rights over the same territory. Corvey's numismatic record for this type is thin, and surviving examples are scarce enough that die studies remain incomplete.
Simon I ruled Lippe as lord from 1247 until his death in 1277, but his appearance as the named authority on a Paderborn episcopal issue reflects the tangled feudal jurisdictions of thirteenth-century Westphalia, where secular lords and bishop-princes frequently shared or contested minting rights over the same territory. Corvey's numismatic record for this type is thin, and surviving examples are scarce enough that die studies remain incomplete.