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Denier - Reinhard de Blankenburg
| Issuer | Bishopric of Halberstadt |
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| Year | 1106-1123 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse description | A plain cross dividing the field into four quarters, cantonned by two besants and two six-pointed stars in alternating positions. The entire device is enclosed within an inner circle of grenetis (beaded border), with a circular Latin legend running around the periphery. The design reflects the standard episcopal reverse type of the Halberstadt mint during the early 12th century. |
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| Mintage | ND (1106-1123) |
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Reinhard de Blankenburg served as Bishop of Halberstadt from 1106 until his death in 1123, a period marked by the later stages of the Investiture Controversy between the papacy and the Holy Roman Empire. Halberstadt sat squarely in contested territory during this conflict, and episcopal minting rights were both a political assertion and a practical necessity for a diocese managing significant landed wealth in Saxony.
The Kluge Kar#426 reference places this piece within a well-documented sequence of Ottonian and Salian-era episcopal deniers from the region, though individual die pairings remain difficult to attribute with precision across the type.