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Denier anonyme au nom de Henri III
| Issuer | Abbey of Selz |
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| Year | 1046-1056 |
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| Currency | Pfennig |
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| Reverse description | Facing veiled bust of Empress Adelaide (Adelheid), depicted frontally with a veil or wimple covering the head, characteristic of imperial consort iconography on medieval ecclesiastical issues. The bust is rendered in a naïve, flat style consistent with hammered deniers of the mid-11th century. The encircling legend reads + S ADELHEIDA IMPERATRIX in Latin characters distributed around the periphery, invoking the memory of Empress Adelaide as a saintly figure venerated at Selz Abbey. |
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| Mint | Selz Abbey |
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The Abbey of Selz, founded by Empress Adelaide in 991 on the right bank of the Rhine in Alsace, held imperial minting privileges granted and periodically reaffirmed through the eleventh century. This anonymous denier falls within the abbacy years bracketed by Kluge's attribution, issued under the nominal authority of Henry III — a common feudal convention where ecclesiastical mints struck in the emperor's name without his direct administration. Selz never became a major minting center; surviving examples from this house are genuinely scarce in any condition.