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Denier - Adalrich II
| Issuer | Bishopric of Basel |
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| Year | 1025-1040 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Crude hammered silver denier of irregular flan. The central field features an architectural motif resembling a stylized church facade or gate, depicted in a square frame with a cross-hatched lower register, enclosed within a dotted inner circle. The surrounding legend reads BASILEA CIVI (City of Basel), arranged along the coin's periphery in debased Roman capitals characteristic of the early medieval minting tradition of the Bishopric of Basel. |
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| Reverse description | Irregular hammered flan displaying a prominent long cross at center, dividing the inner field into four quarters each containing a small annulet or pellet, all enclosed within a beaded inner circle. To the left of the beaded circle, a stylized episcopal or royal bust is depicted in crude outline facing left, consistent with early 11th-century Rhenish denier typology. A fragmentary legend, partially legible as ... E +, runs along the outer margin in rough Latin capitals. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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