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Denier - Henri II Augsbourg
| Issuer | Bavaria, Duchy of |
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| Year | 985-995 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A two-tiered tetrastyle church facade (temple-like structure) rendered in a schematic, flat style characteristic of Ottonian-era ecclesiastical architecture types, with a triangular pediment above two stepped horizontal base lines. The moneyer's name or workshop abbreviation appears within the architectural frame, while the surrounding Latin legend AVGVSTA CIVS encircles the design within a beaded border, identifying the mint city of Augsburg (Augusta Vindelicorum). The overall design reflects the standard Augsburg episcopal mint conventions of the late tenth century. |
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Henri II — later Holy Roman Emperor Henry II — held Bavaria as duke from 985 until his cousin Otto III stripped him of the title in 995, a political reversal that makes this issue temporally precise despite its undated nature. Augsburg, as a major episcopal and commercial center on the Lech, was a natural minting seat for Bavarian ducal coinage during this decade of instability.
The Hahn and Kluge references place this firmly within the Regensburg-influenced denier tradition of the late Ottonian period.