Catalog
Denier - Otto I Regensburg mint
| Issuer | Bavaria, Duchy of |
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| Year | 976-982 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Obverse description | Central cross with a pellet in each angle, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The surrounding field displays a circumferential Latin legend. The coin is struck in the irregular, slightly convex style characteristic of late 10th-century Bavarian hammered coinage, with bold relief typical of the Regensburg mint. |
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| Reverse description | A stylized schematic representation of a church or cathedral facade, rendered in the conventional Ottonian architectural shorthand of the period, with the mintmaster's mark VV visible within the structure and two steps depicted below the building. The design is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with the mint legend distributed around the field in the characteristic abbreviated form of the Regensburg civic coinage. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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