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Denier - Siegfried I and king Henry IV
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Mainz |
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| Year | 1060-1084 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Stylized bust of Archbishop Siegfried I facing right, depicted in a schematic Romanesque manner characteristic of 11th-century German ecclesiastical coinage, holding a crozier in the right field. The effigy is rendered with dotted beaded detailing for facial features and vestments. A circular beaded inner border frames the portrait, with the archbishop's name legend surrounding the design in the outer field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Siegfried I of Babo became Archbishop of Mainz in 1060 and spent much of his tenure navigating the catastrophic fallout of the Investiture Controversy. When Henry IV was excommunicated by Gregory VII in 1076, Siegfried was among the German bishops who initially backed the pope — then reversed course, then reversed again. This coin was struck across a period when the authority nominally shared between archbishop and king was anything but stable, and the joint naming on the type reflects a political relationship that was, at various points, openly hostile.