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1 Tournois Groschen - Walram of Julich
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Cologne |
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| Year | 1332-1349 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A cross pattée centered in the field, dividing the reverse into four equal quadrants, each plain. The design is enclosed by two concentric circular legends separated by beaded borders, following the typology of the French gros tournois upon which this Rhenish imitation is modeled. The outer and inner inscriptions together carry the standard christological and monetary legends characteristic of tournois-type grossi of the period. |
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Walram von Jülich was appointed Archbishop of Cologne in 1332 after a contested election that required papal confirmation — his family connections to the County of Jülich gave him both political muscle and enemies in roughly equal measure. The tournois groschen type he struck derives from the French gros tournois, a denomination that had spread eastward across the Rhine territories through trade and political imitation during the early fourteenth century. Cologne's mint was one of the most active in the western empire during this period, partly because the archbishops needed ready coin to finance ongoing territorial disputes with the counts of Berg and Mark.
Noss distinguishes several die varieties within this type; the 47a designation places this piece within a documented emission sequence.