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Denier anonymous
| Issuer | Verdun, Bishopric of |
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| Year | 1107-1114 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts a schematic representation of a church or cathedral façade with two flanking towers, a motif directly referencing the Cathedral of Verdun. The architectural rendering is highly stylised in the Romanesque manner, with the structure set within a beaded inner border. The surrounding circumferential legend VIRDVNVM, inscribed in uncial characters, identifies the issuing city of Verdun. The hammered flan is irregular in outline, and the design elements display the shallow, flat relief typical of anonymous episcopal deniers of the early twelfth century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The anonymous deniers of Verdun's bishopric present attribution difficulties that have occupied regional specialists for decades. The Rob Verdun#79 classification places this piece within the episcopate of Richard I of Verdun or its immediate aftermath — a period when the see was deeply entangled in the Investiture Controversy, with episcopal authority over coinage rights contested between Rome and the German crown.