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Denier - Luitpold I and emperor Henry III
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Mainz |
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| Year | 1051-1056 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a schematic frontal bust of Emperor Henry III, depicted in the Romanesque hammered style typical of mid-11th-century German imperial coinage, with stylized facial features and a beaded inner circle visible in sections. The bust is rendered with angular, almost abstract lines conveying regal authority, with indistinct drapery or armor at the shoulders. The surrounding legend reads + HEINRICVS IMP, proclaiming Henry as Emperor. The flan is irregular and the strike is somewhat uneven, as is common for hammered deniers of this period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Luitpold served as Archbishop of Mainz from 1051 to 1059, appointed during the reign of Henry III — the last emperor to exercise unchallenged authority over papal appointments before the Investiture Controversy fractured the relationship between crown and church. This denier belongs to the brief window when that imperial-ecclesiastical cooperation still produced coinage naming both figures without political risk. Henry III died in 1056, which tightens the production window for this type to five years at most.