Denier - Adalbert III von Böhmen

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Reverse description	A fortified architectural composition depicting three towers rising above a rounded arcade or vault, rendered in a flat, schematic Romanesque style. The central tower is the tallest, flanked by two shorter lateral towers, all surmounting a semicircular arch or gateway with visible stonework detail. The design is symbolic of the city of Salzburg or its cathedral fortifications. The field is plain with no legend or exergual inscription.
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Additional information	Adalbert III was expelled from the Salzburg archbishopric twice — first in 1174 by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, who replaced him with a series of imperial antipopes, and again in 1200. His tenure was defined less by ecclesiastical administration than by the prolonged struggle between papal and imperial factions for control of the archbishopric itself. Coinage struck under his authority was therefore intermittent, and attribution of specific dies to particular years within this range remains contested among specialists. The Salzburg deniers of this period were struck at a weight standard already declining from earlier norms, reflecting broader debasement pressure across the Alpine minting regions during the Investiture conflicts.