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Denier - Conrad II Huy mint, Saint Domitian
| Issuer | Holy Roman Empire |
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| Year | 1024-1039 |
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| Value | 1 Denier (Pfennig) |
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| Obverse description | Crude hammered silver denier struck at Huy, displaying a facing or slightly turned bust of Emperor Conrad II in low relief, characteristic of the rough Ottonian-Salian minting tradition. The portrait is rendered in a highly stylized manner with simplified facial features and drapery lines visible across the flan. A circular Latin legend surrounds the central effigy, reading IMP CONRADVS, identifying the issuer as Emperor Conrad. The overall execution reflects the limited die-cutting precision typical of provincial Rhenish-Mosan workshops of the early 11th century. The flan is irregular and slightly uneven, consistent with hand-struck coinage of this period. |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP CONRADVS (Translation: Emperor Conrad.) |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a stylized frontal bust or figure, likely a representation of Saint Domitian, patron saint of Huy, rendered in the schematic Romanesque manner typical of Mosan ecclesiastical coinage. The figure is depicted in a stiff, hieratic style with simplified vestment lines radiating outward from the central motif. A circular Latin legend surrounds the design, reading HOIVM SCS DOMITIAN, identifying both the mint city of Huy and the saintly patron. An inner beaded circle frames the central device, and the legend is distributed around the periphery of the irregularly shaped flan. The overall artistic quality is consistent with the rustic workshop output of the Huy mint under imperial authority during the Salian dynasty. |
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