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Denier - Bertha of Swabia
| Issuer | Lorraine, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1176-1195 |
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| Weight | 0.6 g |
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| Reverse description | A bold, plain cross pattée divides the reverse field into four quadrants, rendered in high relief characteristic of 12th-century Lotharingian coinage. Each quadrant contains letters or pellets forming the mint name NANCEI, distributed around the arms of the cross. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, itself surrounded by a beaded outer border following the irregular outline of the hammered flan. |
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| Mintage | ND (1176-1195) |
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Bertha of Swabia, daughter of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, became Duchess of Lorraine through her marriage to Frederick IV in 1171. Following her husband's death in 1176, she administered the duchy during the minority of her son Theobald I, and coins issued under her name reflect that regency authority — a rare instance of a woman holding effective ducal power in the Lotharingian succession.
The Flon and Saulcy references place this among a small documented group, and surviving examples are genuinely scarce.