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Denier
| Issuer | Bishopric of Basel |
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| Year | 1107-1191 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central cross crosslet, with each arm terminating in a smaller crossbar, enclosed within a beaded or pearled inner circle. The field surrounding the cross is plain. A partial Latin legend is visible in the outer margin, of which only the fragment ...ILIA is legible, consistent with an episcopal title or place name. The overall style is characteristic of medieval hammered ecclesiastical coinage, with irregular flan and bold, deeply struck design elements. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse of this medieval hammered denier from the Bishopric of Basel is not fully documented. Based on comparable episcopal issues of the period, it likely features a simple architectural or symbolic motif, such as a stylized building facade or another cross type, though specific details are not confirmed for this issue. |
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The bishops of Basel held the right to strike coinage by imperial grant, a privilege formalized under the Salian emperors and repeatedly contested by the city's burghers throughout the twelfth century. Episcopal mints in the Upper Rhine region during this period operated with considerable autonomy, and the Basel issues circulated alongside counts' coinages from Alsace and the emerging Zähringen territorial currency without any single authority achieving dominance.
Dating individual pieces within this eighty-year span remains difficult — episcopal deniers of this region were not systematically dated, and attribution relies primarily on die study and the names of bishops recorded in contemporary charters.