Denier - Henry VI Augsburg

Henry VI's tenure as Holy Roman Emperor was brief and turbulent — he spent much of it forcing his claim to the Kingdom of Sicily through military conquest rather than administering the German territories. Augsburg, an imperial city with established mint rights, continued striking small deniers throughout his reign largely on its own administrative momentum.

The Steinhardt and Gebhardt references place this firmly within the documented Augsburg civic coinage, a series notable for its thin, broad flans that crack readily — accounting for the rarity of fully intact examples.