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Denier - Otto III Trier mint
| Uitgever | Holy Roman Empire |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 983-1002 |
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| Gewicht | 1.2 g |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | The reverse presents the mint name of Trier in large, bold capital letters arranged across the field in the typical Ottonian monogram-like layout, reading B TREVER A. The lettering is deeply struck in high relief, with broad, wedge-shaped characters filling the flan in a manner characteristic of late Carolingian and early Ottonian coinage from the Trier archiepiscopal mint. The irregular flan edges and variable strike depth reflect the hand-hammered production technique. The arrangement of the letters, partially distributed around a central axis, is consistent with known examples catalogued under Kluge and Dannenberg. No additional ornamental devices are visible in the field. |
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| Opschrift keerzijde | B TREVER A (Translation: Trier.) |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Otto III inherited the imperial title at age three following his father's sudden death in 983, with real power exercised first by his mother Theophanu and then by his grandmother Adelaide. The Trier mint was among the most active of the Ottonian episcopal mints, operating under the authority of the Archbishop — a jurisdictional arrangement that would generate conflict between ecclesiastical and imperial monetary rights for centuries afterward.
Otto's reign ended at twenty-one, dead in Italy before consolidating the renovatio imperii project he had staked his court's entire ideological program on.