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Denier - Conrad II Mainz mint, cross
| 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 | Central plain cross dividing the field into four quadrants, each containing a pellet or annulet. The design is executed in a crude, archaic hammered style typical of Ottonian-Salian imperial coinage, with the cross arms extending nearly to the beaded or plain border. The flan is irregular and slightly concave. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Conrad II's election as Holy Roman Emperor in 1024 followed a disputed succession after the death of Henry II, who left no heir. The Mainz archbishopric held considerable minting authority during this period, operating under imperial grant rather than purely ecclesiastical privilege — a distinction that generated ongoing jurisdictional friction between the archbishops and the imperial court throughout the eleventh century.
Dann Sa#790 is a well-documented type within the Salian coinage corpus, though die variation across Conrad's fifteen-year reign means attribution of individual specimens sometimes relies on subtle metrological differences rather than visual diagnostics alone.