Denier - Henry I of Molenark

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背面描述	Frontal standing figure of a saint or ecclesiastical personage, flanked by two crosses with ornate terminals, rendered in the flat Romanesque style characteristic of Cologne archiepiscopal deniers of the early 13th century. The central figure appears mitred or crowned, set within a lightly defined field with a beaded or denticulated border. Additional cross motifs are visible in the upper field. The circumferential legend reads + S COLONIA, identifying the mint city of Cologne.
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铸币厂	Cologne
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附加信息	Henry I of Molenark served as Archbishop of Cologne from 1225 to 1238, a tenure defined in large part by his friction with the city's increasingly assertive merchant class. Cologne was among the most commercially active cities in the Holy Roman Empire, and the archbishop's mint rights — a jealously guarded prerogative — were a constant source of political tension with the burghers who would eventually wrest urban autonomy from ecclesiastical control later in the century. Hävernick 642 is relatively scarce in well-preserved condition, a predictable outcome for a denomination that circulated heavily in Rhenish trade.

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