Hagenau's deniers of this period derive their authority from the city's status as a favored Hohenstaufen residence — Frederick Barbarossa had rebuilt the palace there, and his successors treated it as a genuine imperial seat rather than a administrative way-station. The right to strike coinage was inseparable from that political elevation. These small bracteate-style issues circulated primarily within the Rhine-Alsace corridor, where Hohenstaufen imperial currency competed directly with episcopal issues from Strasbourg.
The Nessel sequence for this type spans three die variants with measurable differences in flan preparation.
Hagenau's deniers of this period derive their authority from the city's status as a favored Hohenstaufen residence — Frederick Barbarossa had rebuilt the palace there, and his successors treated it as a genuine imperial seat rather than a administrative way-station. The right to strike coinage was inseparable from that political elevation. These small bracteate-style issues circulated primarily within the Rhine-Alsace corridor, where Hohenstaufen imperial currency competed directly with episcopal issues from Strasbourg.
The Nessel sequence for this type spans three die variants with measurable differences in flan preparation.