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Denier 'Herzoglicher Pfennig' - Anonymous
| Issuer | Bavaria, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1130-1140 |
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| Diameter | 24.5 mm |
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| Obverse description | Half-length effigy of a helmeted secular ruler facing forward, depicted in a frontal bust composition characteristic of early medieval Bavarian coinage. The figure raises a banner or standard over his right shoulder, while his left arm remains obscured. The portrait displays a stylized, hieratic quality consistent with Romanesque die-cutting conventions of the mid-twelfth century. |
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| Reverse description | A schematic architectural facade depicting a three-towered structure, with a central arched gateway surmounted by the tallest tower, flanked by two smaller towers at the sides, rendered in a flat, diagrammatic Romanesque style. A human head or bust is depicted in the foreground before the gate, possibly representing a guardian or symbolic figure. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded inner circle. |
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Issued during the turbulent rule of Henry the Black or the early years of Henry the Lion's contested duchy, these anonymous deniers circulated at a moment when Bavarian ducal authority was being actively renegotiated between Welf and Babenberg factions. The attribution to a specific duke remains unresolved — hence the anonymous classification — with the Em Reg#70 reference grouping several closely related die families under one broad type.
The broad flan relative to weight is characteristic of south German bracteate-adjacent minting habits of the period, before the thin bracteate fully supplanted the double-sided denier in the region.