Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Denier - Frederick I Nijmegen
| Issuer | Holy Roman Empire |
|---|---|
| Year | 1152-1190 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Facing crowned bust of Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa in high relief, rendered in crude hammered style characteristic of 12th-century Rhenish deniers. The effigy holds a scepter or standard in one hand and a palm leaf in the other, with a small cross visible in the field to one side. The portrait is highly schematic, with pellet eyes and a broad crown indicated by simple incised lines. No legend accompanies the design, the imagery alone serving as the imperial identification. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A bold plain cross divides the reverse into four quadrants, each containing a small pellet or ring positioned near the center of the cross. The cross extends to a beaded or plain inner circle, with a fragmentary legend arranged around the periphery of the flan. The execution is typical of hammered medieval bracteate-influenced coinage, with slightly irregular strike and uneven flan edges. The overall design is simple yet authoritative, consistent with Imperial mint practice at Nijmegen in the Frederician period. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |