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Denier
| Issuer | Fraumünster, Abbey of |
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| Year | 1000-1100 |
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| Currency | Denier (11th century) |
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| Obverse description | Schematic representation of a church facade or building, rendered in a highly stylized and primitive manner characteristic of 11th-century Swiss ecclesiastical coinage. The architectural motif is centrally placed within a roughly circular field, surrounded by degenerate pseudo-legends composed of imitative or meaningless letterforms that retain no legible inscription. The design is enclosed within a beaded or plain inner circle, and the overall execution reflects the crude engraving typical of abbatial hammered deniers of this period. |
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| Reverse description | A plain cross divides the reverse field into four quarters, each containing a short horizontal stroke or wedge-shaped element, consistent with the so-called 'striped quarters' motif found on 11th-century Swiss abbatial deniers. The cross arms extend toward a surrounding border of degenerate pseudo-lettering, comprising fragmentary and imitative letter-like forms that are no longer legible as a coherent legend. The overall composition is typical of the debased ecclesiastical coinage attributed to the Fraumünster Abbey of Zurich during this period. |
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| Mintage | ND (1000-1100) |
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