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Denier - Conrad I of Hochstaden
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Cologne |
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| Year | 1238-1261 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Archbishop Conrad I of Hochstaden enthroned facing right, vested in full pontifical regalia with mitre, holding a crozier in his right hand and a book (Bible) in his left. The figure is rendered in the flat, linear style characteristic of Rhenish ecclesiastical coinage of the mid-thirteenth century. The field surrounding the enthroned figure is plain, consistent with hammered bracteate-influenced deniers of the period. |
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| Reverse description | Stylised representation of a Romanesque church facade featuring two rounded arches in the lower register, a central tower rising above the structure, and two flagpoles or pinnacles flanking the composition on either side. The architectural motif is characteristic of Cologne coinage of the period and likely alludes to the Cathedral of Cologne or another prominent ecclesiastical building associated with the archbishopric. The design is executed in the schematic, graphic manner typical of hammered medieval German deniers. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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