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Denier anonymous
| Issuer | Abbey of Herford |
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| Year | 1075-1125 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse description | A long cross divides the inner field into four quarters, each containing a prominent bezant (pellet), the whole enclosed within a beaded grenetis border. The cross extends to the inner circle, creating a bold geometric composition. A circumscribed Latin legend reads +ODDO+ IVIPHNG around the periphery, likely referencing an ecclesiastical authority or mint official associated with the Abbey of Herford. The design and epigraphy are typical of late 11th- to early 12th-century German episcopal and abbatial coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Abbey of Herford — a Westphalian house of canonesses founded in the ninth century — held imperial minting rights granted by the Ottonian rulers, a privilege that surviving charters confirm was actively exercised into the early twelfth century. Anonymous deniers of this type carry no identifying inscription for the abbess, which complicates precise attribution within the fifty-year window assigned to this group. Kluge's classification draws primarily on stylistic die analysis rather than documentary evidence.