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Denier - Bruno buste
| Issuer | Bishopric of Würzburg |
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| Year | 1034-1045 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | A plain cross with four pellets (bezants) in the angles, contained within a beaded inner circle. The episcopal legend +BRVNO EPCS runs along the outer margin, identifying Bishop Bruno of Würzburg. The design is typical of Ottonian-Salian ecclesiastical coinage, struck in a flat, linear hammered style. |
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| Obverse lettering | +BRVNO EPCS |
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Bruno of Carinthia was appointed Bishop of Würzburg by his cousin Emperor Conrad II in 1034, a straightforward act of Salian dynastic consolidation. He died on a military campaign at the siege of Pesaro in 1045, fighting in imperial service — an end that later contributed to his canonization in 1189, making him the only bishop of Würzburg to be declared a saint.
The coinage rights at Würzburg had been granted to the bishopric by Otto I in 975, and Bruno's issues fall within a period of intense episcopal mint activity across the German church territories.