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Denier - Frederick of Luxembourg
| Issuer | Duchy of Lower Lotharingia |
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| Year | 1046-1065 |
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| Weight | 1.36 g |
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| Obverse description | Crude hammered bust of Duke Frederick facing left, wearing a diademed or wreath-like crown rendered in a simplified Ottonian style. The portrait is executed in low relief with broad, schematic facial features characteristic of 11th-century Lotharingian coinage. The surrounding field is largely flat and unadorned, with the circumferential legend FREDERICVS DVX partially visible around the bust. The flan is irregular and slightly ragged at the edges, consistent with hand-struck medieval silver deniers of the period. |
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| Reverse lettering | PRI |
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Frederick of Luxembourg held the Duchy of Lower Lotharingia from 1046 until his death in 1065, a tenure marked by persistent friction with the Salian emperors — Henry III had imposed him on the duchy over competing claimants, and the region's minting activity during his rule reflects the fragmented, locally-contested authority that characterized Lotharingian politics throughout the eleventh century. The Dann Sa#1234 reference places this squarely within the Saarhein attribution group, though the absence of an Ilisch Münster number suggests it falls outside the documented Westphalian die corpus entirely.