Denier - Henry

Henry of Northeim held the county during one of the most fractious periods of the Investiture Controversy, when Saxon nobles repeatedly shifted allegiances between the emperor and the papal party. His father Otto had been a central figure in the Saxon revolts against Henry IV, and the family's political position remained precarious throughout this coinage period. Deniers of this county are poorly documented in early literature, with Dannenberg's attribution remaining the primary reference point for most examples that surface.