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Denier anonyme Gittelde
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Magdeburg |
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| Year | 1000-1100 |
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| Weight | 1.02 g |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a large cross pattée dividing the field into four quarters, enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with small decorative elements or pellets visible in the angles of the cross. The design is bold and simply rendered in the Ottonian hammered tradition. The surrounding legend reads +HIR STEIT TE BISCOP in Low German-influenced Latin characters, translating roughly as 'Here stands the Bishop,' an unusual vernacular inscription for the period. The overall strike is slightly off-centre, consistent with hand-hammered production of the 11th century. |
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| Reverse lettering | +HIR STEIT TE BISCOP |
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Gittelde was an imperial palace site — a Pfalz — where Henry III held court on multiple occasions in the mid-eleventh century, and the mining rights in the surrounding Harz region were fiercely contested between the archbishopric and the Salian crown throughout this period. That the Magdeburg archbishops were striking anonymous deniers there at all reflects a privilege still being actively negotiated rather than one firmly settled. The designation "var." against Mehl 918 suggests die differences from the primary type that have not been fully catalogued.