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Denier - Anno II
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Cologne |
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| Year | 1056-1075 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (1056-1075) |
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This denier falls within the episcopate of Anno II, one of the most politically consequential figures in eleventh-century Germany. Anno effectively seized control of the German crown in 1062 when he kidnapped the twelve-year-old King Henry IV from his mother Agnes at Kaiserwerth — rowing the boy off in a boat while Agnes reportedly leapt into the Rhine after him. The coup handed real power to the princes and made Cologne's archbishop a dominant force in imperial affairs for over a decade, a position reflected in the coinage authority he exercised throughout this period.