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Denier - Conrad I of Zähringen
| Issuer | Duchy of Zähringen |
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| Year | 1122-1152 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Crude hammered denier depicting a schematized bust in profile facing right, enclosed within a rectangular frame formed by double incuse lines, typical of early medieval Germanic coinage. The figure is rendered in a highly stylized manner characteristic of 12th-century Swiss regional issues. The field is unadorned, and no legible legend is present. The overall design reflects the primitive die-cutting technique prevalent in the Zähringen minting tradition. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Conrad I ruled Zähringen during a period when the duchy's minting rights were exercised more as a political statement than an economic necessity — the family's territorial ambitions in Burgundy and the contested rectorate over Burgundian towns gave these issues a significance well beyond their local circulation. The HMZ 1#I-608 reference places this firmly within the documented Swiss medieval series, though surviving examples are scarce enough that die studies remain incomplete.