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Denier - Burkhard of Ellerbach
| Issuer | Bishopric of Augsburg |
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| Year | 1373-1424 |
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| Value | 1 Denier (Pfennig) |
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| Reverse description | Central device consisting of a Z-shaped or rotated angular symbol with diagonal strokes radiating outward, enclosing a small raised annulet (ring) at the center. The design is deeply struck in the plain field, producing a bold geometric mark typical of late medieval south German bracteate-related pfennig coinage. No legend or additional border is present. The flan is irregular and shows characteristic hammer-strike distortion at the edges. |
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| Mint | Augsburg |
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Burkhard of Ellerbach served as Bishop of Augsburg from 1373 to 1404 — not 1424 — making the upper date in this attribution worth scrutiny. His episcopate coincided with the prolonged crisis of the Western Schism, during which Augsburg, like most German ecclesiastical territories, was forced to navigate competing papal allegiances between Rome and Avignon. Small silver deniers of this type circulated heavily in the Swabian regional economy alongside the emerging Heller coinage, gradually losing ground as heavier municipal issues displaced episcopal small change.