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Denier - Henri I Abbey of Gembloux / Gembloers
| Issuer | Abbey of Gembloux |
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| Year | 1211-1235 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of the abbot, vested in ecclesiastical robes and wearing a skullcap, holding a crozier in his left hand while his right hand is raised in the gesture of benediction. The figure is flanked on either side by a circle enclosing a central pellet, serving as decorative field ornaments. The composition reflects the Romanesque stylistic conventions typical of southern Low Countries ecclesiastical coinage of the early thirteenth century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Abbey of Gembloux held the right to strike coin under episcopal authority, a privilege that placed it among the smaller ecclesiastical mints of the southern Low Countries during a period when every significant lordship — secular or religious — was pressing its own silver. Henri I served as abbot from 1211 to 1235, and this denier belongs to that tenure. The vdCh 8#1.1 reference places it at the opening of the type sequence, suggesting an early emission within the abbatial series.