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Denier - Henry I of Molenark
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Cologne (German States) |
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| Year | 1225-1238 |
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| Currency | Denier (1000-1350) |
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| Obverse description | Enthroned frontal effigy of Archbishop Henry I, vested in pontifical robes and wearing a mitre, holding a crozier in his left hand and a book (bible) in his right. The figure is depicted in a hieratic, Romanesque style typical of Rhenish ecclesiastical coinage of the early thirteenth century. A Latin legend encircles the design within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | + HENRICS ARCIPSC (Translation: Archbishop Henry.) |
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Henry I of Molenark served as Archbishop of Cologne from 1225 until his death in 1238, a tenure defined largely by his fraught relationship with the city's increasingly assertive merchant class. Cologne's burghers were pressing hard for communal autonomy throughout this period, and episcopal coinage carried real political weight — control of the mint was inseparable from jurisdictional authority over the city's booming Rhine trade.
Hävernick 647 is not among the more commonly encountered types from this archiepiscopal series.