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Denar - Louis of Hessen
| Issuer | Bishopric of Münster |
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| Year | 1310-1357 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Reverse description | Frontal facing head of Saint Paul the Apostle, rendered in a highly stylized schematic manner with dot-punched eyes, a prominent nose, and an open mouth, all framed within a beaded inner border. The saint wears a flat cap or episcopal-style headpiece surmounted by a small cross at the top. Flanking circular pellets accentuate the face in a symmetrical arrangement. The partial legend PAVLVS APOS, identifying the patron saint of Münster Cathedral, runs around the periphery in uncial script. |
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| Reverse lettering | PAVLVS APOS |
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Louis of Hessen served as Bishop of Münster from 1310 to 1357, one of the longer episcopal tenures of the period, and his denars were struck across several decades of intermittent conflict between the bishopric and the competing territorial ambitions of local nobility. The Ilisch reference places this squarely within a documented die group for the series, which helps narrow attribution in a reign where stylistic drift across decades can otherwise complicate classification.