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Denier
| Issuer | Bishopric of Geneva |
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| Year | 1135-1400 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | +SCS PETRVS |
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The bishops of Geneva exercised both ecclesiastical and secular authority over the city and its surrounding territory throughout the medieval period, and their coinage rights — granted by the Holy Roman Emperor — were among the most jealously defended of their privileges. The long dating range reflects successive episcopal issues rather than a single continuous production, with stylistic evolution across bishops making attribution to specific reigns a matter of die study rather than inscription.
Geneva's position on major trans-Alpine trade routes gave even small silver deniers genuine commercial utility well beyond the diocese itself.