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Denier - Frederick II and successors Eger mint
| Issuer | Holy Roman Empire |
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| Year | 1220-1300 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (1220-1300) |
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Eger — modern Cheb, in Bohemia — was an imperial free city jealously retained by the Hohenstaufen as a direct crown possession, and its mint operated under that privilege. Frederick II confirmed Eger's status during his 1212 campaign to secure the German throne, and the city remained administratively distinct from the surrounding Bohemian kingdom throughout the century. The deniers struck here under Frederick and his successors circulated across a frontier zone where imperial, Bohemian, and ecclesiastical monetary authorities overlapped and frequently competed.
The broad flan relative to the weight reflects local bracteate-influenced striking habits common to the Upper Saxon and Bohemian border mints of this period.