Catalog
Denier - Anonymous
| Issuer | Bishopric of Basel |
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| Year | 1185-1200 |
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| Currency | Pfennig (1191-1382) |
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| Reverse description | A stylized spoked wheel, emblem of the Bishopric of Basel, depicted centrally within the field. The spokes radiate from a central hub, enclosed within a beaded or toothed inner border. The wheel is a well-known heraldic device associated with the see of Basel and appears without accompanying legend. The flan is irregular, consistent with hand-struck medieval bracteate-related coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The bishops of Basel held the right to strike coinage from at least the mid-tenth century, a privilege granted by the Ottonian emperors as part of the broader policy of delegating regalian rights to ecclesiastical lords along the Rhine frontier. By the late twelfth century, episcopal mints in this region were producing anonymous bracteate and deniers in considerable variety, with attribution often resting on a single hoard find or die-linkage study. HMZ 1#209 sits in a narrow attribution window precisely because no bishop claimed the issue by name.