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Denier - Otto III Dortmund mint
| Issuer | Holy Roman Empire |
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| Year | 996-1002 |
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| Currency | Denier (843-1385) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays a plain cross with a pellet in each of the four angles, all enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The surrounding legend reads ODDO IMPERATOR, identifying the issuer as Emperor Otto, rendered in crude but legible Carolingian capitals distributed around the outer border. The overall design is characteristic of Ottonian hammered coinage, with the cross motif serving both as a religious symbol and a structural device dividing the field. |
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| Reverse description | Within a beaded inner circle, a highly stylized and schematic facing bust is depicted, rendered in the debased Carolingian manner typical of late tenth-century German episcopal and imperial coinage. The bust is flanked by a pellet on either side, with rudimentary facial features suggested by punched dots and simple linear tooling. The surrounding legend THEROTMANNI, identifying the Dortmund mint, is distributed in crude capital letters around the outer border, with individual letters showing the characteristic irregularity of hammered dies of the period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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