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Denier - Henry V Neunkirchen
| Issuer | Holy Roman Empire |
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| Year | 1106-1125 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of the emperor, crowned, within a beaded inner circle. The effigy is rendered in crude but expressive relief typical of early 12th-century Germanic bracteate-influenced coinage. The surrounding legend is largely illegible due to the irregular flan and worn die, with only fragmentary Latin characters discernible around the inner border. Triangular ornamental devices punctuate the outer field near the irregular rim. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Henry V's deniers from the Neunkirchen mint were struck during one of the most constitutionally fractious reigns in medieval German history. His father Henry IV had died in 1106 after Henry V himself led the rebellion that forced the abdication — a fact that colored every act of his subsequent rule, including his aggressive assertion of coinage rights across imperial mints to consolidate fiscal authority he had seized by force.
CNA B32 is among the scarcer attributions in the Rhenish denier sequence for this reign.