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Denier - Henry I of Wolfratshausen
| Issuer | Bishopric of Regensburg (German States) |
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| Year | 1140-1150 |
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| Reference(s) | Em Reg#88 |
| Obverse description | A tonsured cleric seated on a stool facing left is depicted at right, his right hand grasping an upright crosier positioned at the center of the design, while his left hand rests against his torso. To the left, a helmeted layman stands facing right, seizing the crosier with both hands in a gesture of investiture. Below the crook of the crosier appears a small frontal or near-frontal head or figural motif. The composition is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, beyond which runs a distorted and largely illegible Latin legend in the outer annulus. |
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| Obverse lettering | CCCИИИIIICCC; ИИΛΛИИ |
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Henry I of Wolfratshausen served as Bishop of Regensburg from 1132 to 1155, a tenure marked by his alignment with the Hohenstaufen faction during the bitter contest between Conrad III and the Welfs. Regensburg was then among the most commercially active cities in the German lands, sitting at the junction of Danube trade routes, and episcopal coinage carried real economic weight in the region's markets.
The Em Reg#88 classification places this piece within Emmerig's systematic cataloguing of Regensburg ecclesiastical issues — a reference work that remains the authoritative die study for this series.