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Denier - Adolphus of Altena
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Cologne |
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| Year | 1193-1205 |
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| Weight | 1.27 g |
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| Obverse description | Stylised architectural facade depicting a fortified castle or city gate, featuring a central arched portal with crosshatched decoration, flanked by two lateral towers with vertical lines suggesting masonry. Above the central arch rises a prominent tower surmounted by a globus cruciger or orbed finial. To the left of the structure a crozier (pastoral staff) is visible, and to the right a processional cross-flag, emblems of archiepiscopal authority. The design is rendered in the bold, schematic style characteristic of Rhenish hammered coinage of the late 12th and early 13th centuries. |
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| Reverse lettering | S COLONII A |
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| Mint | Cologne |
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