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Denier - Henry II and Hartwig
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1009-1018 |
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| Diameter | 20 mm |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of Emperor Henry II, crowned with a beaded crown, rendered in the flat, schematic style characteristic of Ottonian-Salian coinage. The imperial effigy displays a frontal face with stylized features, beaded collar, and draped shoulders. The legend ENIRIC RIX (a contracted form of Heinricus Rex) runs partially around the periphery of the flan, distributed irregularly due to the hammered technique. The relief is bold despite the irregular planchet, and the overall composition reflects the workshop conventions of the Salzburg mint in the early eleventh century. |
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| Reverse description | Central cross pattée set within a beaded inner circle, with a pellet or trefoil ornament in each of the four quarters formed by the cross arms, a design characteristic of Bavarian and Austrian ecclesiastical deniers of the Ottonian period. The archbishop's name legend +HARTVVICVS EPS (Hartwicus Episcopus, referring to Archbishop Hartwig I of Salzburg) encircles the central motif in Latin majuscule letters, with the inscription distributed around the beaded annulus. The hammered flan produces slight irregularities in the coin's outline, and the engraving style is consistent with southern German ecclesiastical workshop production of the early eleventh century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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