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Denier - Otto II as emperor, Konstanz mint
| Issuer | Holy Roman Empire |
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| Year | 973-983 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Within a beaded inner circle, a schematic representation of a church or temple facade is depicted, featuring a pediment supported by four columns rendered in a flat, stylized architectural manner consistent with Ottonian ecclesiastical iconography. Above the pediment, a triangular gable is visible, and the columns enclose three narrow vertical openings suggesting doorways or arches. The surrounding legend CONSTANTIA, identifying the Konstanz mint, is distributed around the beaded circle on the irregularly shaped flan. |
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Otto II received the imperial crown from his father Otto I in 967, making him co-emperor for six years before sole rule began in 973. The Konstanz mint was among the more active episcopal minting authorities in the Ottonian system, operating under arrangements that blurred the line between royal prerogative and ecclesiastical privilege in ways that would take generations to legally untangle. Otto II's reign ended with his death in Rome in 983 at just 28, leaving his three-year-old son Otto III as nominal successor amid immediate dynastic crisis.