Catalog
Denier - Otto III and Adelaide temple, EILART
| Issuer | Holy Roman Empire |
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| Year | 983-995 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ODDO +DI GRA + REX (Translation: Otto, king by God`s grace.) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Otto III was crowned King of Germany in 983 at age three, following his father Otto II's sudden death from malaria in Rome. His mother Theophanu and grandmother Adelaide governed as regents, and coinage struck in their joint names — pairing Otto III with Adelaide — reflects this unusual dual-regency arrangement rather than any co-rulership in the conventional sense. The EILART mint attribution places this piece within a documented but relatively small regional output.