Denier - Conrad of Hohenstaufen

Conrad of Staufen received the Palatinate as a fief from his brother Frederick Barbarossa in 1156, the same year the Privilegium Minus reorganized imperial territorial arrangements across the German lands. His coinage right derived from this grant rather than from any ecclesiastical or older comital tradition, making his deniers among the earliest issues directly attributable to Staufen palatine authority on the Rhine. The weight standard is notably light even against contemporary Rhenish issues, likely reflecting local debasement pressure rather than mint error.