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Denier - Hermann I and king Otto I Breisach mint
| Issuer | Swabia, Duchy of |
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| Year | 936-948 |
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| Reference(s) | Dann Sa#891 var. |
| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a tall cross or stylized monogram, rendered in bold relief, flanked by the abbreviated legend of Duke Hermann I of Swabia arranged in quadrants around the central device. The inscription reads SSC HRIMMA NC, distributed across the field in the Carolingian epigraphic tradition. The design is enclosed within a plain inner border and an outer beaded or dotted rim. The lettering is broad and somewhat irregular, characteristic of the hammered coinage produced at the Breisach mint during the mid-tenth century. No effigy is present; the design is entirely textual and symbolic. |
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| Mintage | ND (936-948) |
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Hermann I of Swabia served as duke from 926 until his death in 949, and his coins struck jointly in the name of Otto I reflect the precise moment when the newly crowned East Frankish king — crowned at Aachen in 936 — was consolidating ducal loyalty across the realm. The Breisach mint, positioned on the Rhine, operated under episcopal and ducal authority and was active well before this joint issue, but coinages explicitly pairing a regional duke's name with the king's are relatively uncommon survivals from this consolidation period.
The "var." designation against Dann Sa#891 suggests a die or legend deviation from the primary type — worth cross-referencing against Kluge's work on Ottonian coinage if provenance allows.