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Denier - Otto III and Adelaide bust
| Issuer | Holy Roman Empire |
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| Year | 983-995 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Facing schematic bust of a ruler or regal figure within a beaded inner circle, rendered in the stylised Ottonian manner with large eye, prominent nose, and a diadem or crown indicated above the head. The legend surrounds the bust in the outer field. The crude but expressive portraiture is typical of late tenth-century German hammered deniers associated with the joint regency of Otto III and his grandmother Adelaide. |
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| Reverse lettering | ADELDEID OTTO (Translation: Otto and Adelaide.) |
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