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Denier - Henri VII
| Issuer | County of Luxembourg |
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| Year | 1288-1295 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Mintage | ND (1288-1295) |
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Henri VII became Count of Luxembourg in 1288 and would go on to be elected Holy Roman Emperor in 1308, but at the time of this issue he was a minor territorial lord with a mint output to match. The denier series attributed to his early reign is documented by Weiller and cross-referenced in Boudeau, though the precise sequencing of types within the 1288–1295 window remains contested among specialists.
The low surviving weight of these pieces reflects the sustained debasement pressure on small silver across the Meuse-Moselle region during the late thirteenth century, as competing lordships undercut one another's coinage to fund increasingly expensive feudal obligations.