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Denier anonyme au nom de l'empereur Conrad II
| Issuer | Abbey of Essen |
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| Year | 1027-1039 |
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| Reference(s) | Kluge Kar#412 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A bold central cross with expanded arms divides the field into four quarters, each containing a single pellet (bezant), evoking a cross-and-pellets motif within an inner beaded circle (grenetis). The circumferential legend naming the emperor runs around the periphery of the coin, framed by a dotted border. The overall composition is typical of Salian-era ecclesiastical deniers struck in the name of the Holy Roman Emperor. |
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The Abbey of Essen held imperial minting rights granted under the Ottonian dynasty, and its abbesses wielded those rights with considerable autonomy well into the Salian period. This denier was struck under Abbess Theophanu — granddaughter of Emperor Otto II — whose tenure at Essen coincided almost exactly with Conrad II's reign. Invoking the emperor's name on a monastic issue was a legitimizing formula, not evidence of direct imperial oversight; the abbey ran its own mint.
Kluge's Karolinger und Ottonen catalog places this type within a small group of anonymous ecclesiastical deniers whose attribution rests largely on die-link analysis and hoard provenance from the lower Rhine region.