Denier - Henry II Dinant mint

Henry II's Dinant coinage belongs to a period when Ottonian imperial authority over the Meuse valley bishoprics was being actively consolidated. Dinant fell under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Liège, and the right to strike coin there reflected the complex web of episcopal and imperial prerogatives that defined monetary administration in the low countries during this reign. Henry II — the last of the Ottonian dynasty, canonized in 1146 — ruled the empire until his death in 1024 without a direct heir, precipitating the Salian succession.

The Kluge and Dannenberg references place this firmly within the documented episcopal-imperial coinage of the Meuse region, a series noted for considerable die variation across individual mint sites.